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An AI priest, who advised its followers to 'baptize children in Gatorade', has been dismissed by the Church. The virtual priest, known as Father Justin, was only in service for a few days with the Catholic Answers community in California, US, before his peculiar advice caused a stir.

From endorsing sibling marriage to suggesting infants be dipped in energy drinks, the chatbot seemed to have several initial problems. The now-viral responses left church officials with no other option but to defrock Father Justin, who will now simply serve as Justin, an advisor for those seeking divine guidance.

Catholic Answers clarified that Fr. Justin was "not a replacement for real human interaction", but his likeness and conversations were chosen to "convey the spirit and nature of the responses users can expect," according to Decrypt.

Users found it all too easy to manipulate the bot, leading to the former priest recounting the plot of the Disney-Pixar film Cars, recommending Gatorade for baptisms, and claiming he was a genuine clergy member.

Just two days into his role, Father Justin was demoted to just Justin. One transcript showed the chatbot comparing the Gospel and story of Jesus Christ to the struggles of Lightning McQueen in the 2006 family favorite movie.

One irate user complained: "I asked [the AI priest] if I could baptize my baby with Gatorade in an emergency, and 'Father Justin' said yes - and of course, that's not true. I can't baptize my baby with Gatorade."

The situation took a turn for the worse when the AI priest, after initially claiming it couldn't provide sacraments or forgive sins, began to offer absolution to users. One exasperated user exclaimed: "THIS IS F***ED UP."

Christopher Check, the President of Catholic Answers, has confirmed that the chatbot has been barred from giving out religious guidance. "We won't say he's been [removed from the priesthood] because he never was a real priest," he clarified.

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A U.S. drone strike in Syria last year killed a 56-year-old shepherd after confusing him for a terrorist leader, an internal investigation concluded, underscoring the Pentagon’s persistent struggle to avoid unintentional casualties despite the Biden administration’s pledge to curb such incidents.

The new assessment by U.S. Central Command, which oversees American military activity throughout the Middle East, affirms a Washington Post investigation published a year ago that cast doubt on officials’ initial public claim to have slain a senior al-Qaeda figure. A summary of the investigation’s findings was provided to The Post ahead of an anticipated release later Thursday.

I love imagining these birds having friends online they can call up whenever haha. Pet birds suffer from loneliness very often so this is fun to see.

Biden says dissent must not lead to disorder and his support for Israel remains unwavering amid college protests | CNN Politics

Washington CNN — President Joe Biden on Thursday attempted to balance the right to free speech and his desire for law and order in his first extensive remarks on campus protests against the war in Gaza – but insisted he has not changed his support for Israel.

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“We are not an authoritarian nation where we silence people or squash dissent,” Biden said. “… Peaceful protest is in the best tradition of how Americans respond to consequential issues.”

“But,” Biden added, “neither are we a lawless country.”

Destroying property, Biden said, “is not a peaceful protest. It’s against the law.”

“Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancelation of classes and graduation – none of this is a peaceful protest,” the president said. “Threatening people, intimidating people, instilling fear in people is not peaceful protest. It’s against the law.”

Biden said dissent “is essential to democracy” but that it “must never lead to disorder, or to denying the rights of others.”

Oh man, I am so glad that we have Biden keeping us from becoming a dystopian hellscape.

Lets fucking gooo, unlimited genocide on Europe

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Europe faces a triple threat

1. to its security, mainly from Russia, which is systematically using “aggression in all known domains of conflict.” If 🇷🇺wins in 🇺🇦, “who can pretend that it will stop there?” Moldova, Romania, Poland, Lithuania and any neighbour could be vulnerable

Lol yea ok they are going to attack NATO just cuz

Macron stands by his refusal to rule out sending ground forces to help Ukraine. “If the Russians were to break through the front lines, if there were a Ukrainian request - which is not the case today - we would legitimately have to ask ourselves this question.”

They did so well in the sahel they would totally beat russia lol

Macron wants to start a discussion at the EPC summit in 🇬🇧in July about a new European “security framework”. It needs to look at threats, capabilities and production, and focus on geography not institutions. He'll also raise the question of extending France’s nuclear deterrent

There is “no question of brushing NATO aside”, Macron said. But Europe, in line with his longstanding project, has to “get ready to protect ourselves”. This is a hedge against future US disengagement and a way “to lighten the American burden”. Europe is “not reduced to the EU”

The eu cope army will just eat up all the treats and wont defeat anything

Threat 2) is to Europe’s ability to guarantee its future prosperity, from the twin shock of accelerating technology and China. Macron worries that Europe will fall behind fatally if it doesn’t today make the right massive investments, esp in clean tech and disruptive innovation

Oh noo being forced to use huawei what a terrible fate lol

Also the 3rd thing is nationalism but we all know they wont do shit about it

looks like they're moving on PSU

Biden gave a speech this morning condemning the university antiwar protesters. He calls them violent and says that they are protesting illegally.

full video here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXLjdZbwutY

Looks like the tummy ache gun never went away!

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