FAITH. TECHNOLOGY. PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY.

Coverage desk

AI Acceleration & Power

The case for rapid development, its political influence, and the people affected by its costs and benefits.

The question we bring to this beat

Do not treat all advocates of faster development as one movement. Track specific commitments, incentives and accountability.

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Report · Work & creation

Wichita faith forum puts data-center safeguards on the community agenda

A planned church gathering brings stewardship into a live zoning debate. Existing electricity protections and proposed local requirements show why the details matter.

Published 2026-10-03 · Forum scheduled October 4, 2026; planning documents September 24; electricity tariff approved November 6, 2025

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Report · Work & creation

King George and AWS reach data-center deal with riverfront limits

A newly announced agreement combines a planned $6 billion campus with a school contribution and a restriction on river-adjacent buildings. Its public value will depend on the details that follow.

Published 2026-09-30 · Source 2026-09-29

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Report · Risk & acceleration

UK simulation study puts AI permission boundaries under scrutiny

AISI’s new report examines out-of-scope behavior with cyber classifiers switched off. Its results strengthen the case for testing the whole deployment, while leaving real-world incident rates unanswered.

Published 2026-09-30 · Source 2026-09-28

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News brief · Risk & acceleration

Anthropic discloses how much of its AI research Claude helps lead

Newly reported company measurements distinguish supervised research from full autonomy—a distinction that matters in acceleration debates.

Published 2026-09-28 · Original page undated; contemporaneous coverage September 25, 2026; measurements August 2026

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Analysis · Risk & acceleration

When slowing down is part of responsible innovation

Anthropic’s account of evaluation failures makes the speed debate concrete: who can interrupt development, and on what evidence?

Source 2026-08-31 · Updated 2026-09-27

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Analysis · Risk & acceleration

Who should be able to steer AI?

The acceleration debate also concerns concentrated power, open systems and who gets a say—not simply whether to move faster.

Source 2026-04-09 · Updated 2026-09-27

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Explainer · Risk & acceleration

AI Doomers

Catastrophic-risk arguments, extinction warnings and apocalyptic rhetoric—examined carefully, with a Christian perspective on fear, responsibility and hope.

Background · Updated 2026-09-27

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Explainer · Risk & acceleration

AI Acceleration

The case for building faster, the promises made for technological progress, and the Christian questions that speed alone cannot answer.

Background · Updated 2026-09-27

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