Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po led a delegation to PPIO, a GPU cloud and AI computing platform. The visit reflects growing engagement between Hong Kong's government and AI infrastructure companies. It suggests the SAR administration is actively exploring the region's positioning in the competitive AI compute landscape.
Writing in Interconnects, Nathan Lambert declares that AI governance has entered the AGI era — a transition he frames as a one-way door society passed through without adequate preparation. The piece signals a shift from hypothetical, future-oriented governance debates to urgent, present-tense reckoning. Lambert's core contention is that the frameworks, institutions, and norms designed to manage AI risk were not ready when the threshold arrived.
The Vatican released Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas," offering a profound ethical framework for the AI era. Drawing parallels to the 19th-century Industrial Revolution, the Pope highlights that modern AI is "cultivated" rather than "built," leaving its inner workings largely opaque. The document warns against cultural biases, simulated human relationships, and the heavy environmental toll of AI infrastructure.