Today, Pope Leo XIV publishes his first encyclical — and it's about artificial intelligence. Standing beside him at the Vatican: the co-founder of Anthropic, the company that makes Claude.

A pope and an AI researcher, on the same stage. We unpack what just happened, why it echoes 1891, and what it means for the rest of us. Then: how to make a chocolate chip cookie that doesn't betray you. And we close, as always, with a poem.

Episode 001. Monday, 25 May 2026.

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REFERENCES:- Magnifica Humanitas, encyclical of Pope Leo XIV, published 25 May 2026 by the Vatican- Rerum Novarum, encyclical of Pope Leo XIII, 15 May 1891- Anthropic — anthropic.com

THE COOKIE:Brown 200g butter until it smells like toasted hazelnuts. Cool. Cream with 150g dark brown sugar and 50g white sugar. Add 1 egg + 1 yolk, 1 tsp vanilla. Fold in 250g flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt, 200g dark chocolate chunks. Rest dough overnight in the fridge. Bake at 180°C for 11 minutes. Flaky sea salt on top.

THE POEM:CMMI Training Dream — from Fifty Rooms of Silence—Six Minutes of Silence with Linu ConilSix minutes, every weekday. Tech, life, and a poem.Produced by The Bandrum Circuit in Trivandrum, Kerala.

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