(The Vatican is taking a lead in addressing one of the most critical issues of our time. This is not just a theological act, it is also a geopolitical move.) Pope Leo XIV signing the Magnifica Humanitas in May 2026 where he addresses the challenge of AI. Photo source: Catholic World Report.) The photograph circulated fast. On one side of a lectern in the Vatican’s Synod Hall, Pope Leo XIV in white cassock. On the other, Christopher Olah — thirty-three years old, atheist, co-founder of an AI...

In a war-torn world, economic uncertainity and desperation is growing. Alongwith it, algorithmic warfare which can trigger mass civilian unrest. Is India prepared? (A social media image from the timeline of the Cockroach Janata Party.) Let us be honest about what we are watching. The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has generated more column inches in the past week than most issues that will actually determine India's future. Twenty million Instagram followers in five days. Opposition politicians...

Or how to make Kolkata (Calcutta) the centre of Asia again. An AI-modified version of a painting by Sheikh Muhammad Amir; India; ca. 1840; Opaque watercolor on burnished paper. Soon after independence in 1965, Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew used Calcutta (Kolkata) as a benchmark, aiming for Singapore to eventually exceed the standard of the bustling, established city. While he admired its historic role, his later, often-quoted sentiment was that he intended to make Singapore...