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Jacob Ward

Oakland, San Francisco
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CNN contributor. Investigative journalist covering AI, surveillance & power. Author of The Loop. Founder of The Rip Current. Subscribe now!
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The Rip Current with Jacob Ward

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By Jacob Ward
| The Rip Current with Jacob Ward
Pope Leo’s moral pronouncement on AI is an intense read, and it’s clearly been informed by some of the great investigative scoops in tech journalism. I’ve included a speculative bibliography at the end of this piece — the kind of work I’m imagining may have helped form Leo’s structurally and technically sophisticated analysis. At 11:30am today in Rome, the Vatican published Magnifica Humanitas, its official moral teaching about protecting the value of human beings in the age of AI.
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Tech News Weekly 437

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By Mikah Sargent, Jacob Ward
| Tech News Weekly (Video)
Category: News Jacob Ward joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly! More insights into the Musk vs. OpenAI trial. Everything unveiled at The Android Show: Google I/O Edition 2026. And the Canvas cyberattack. Jacob has been covering the Musk vs. OpenAI trial since he was last on the show. He talks about the trial and some of the more interesting things that have occurred during the trial.
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Tech News Weekly 435

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By Mikah Sargent, Jacob Ward
| Tech News Weekly (Video)
Category: News Jacob Ward of The Rip Current joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly! Jacob shares firsthand impressions from the Elon Musk v. OpenAI trial. Razr unveiled the latest iterations of its foldable phones. And Microsoft released the earliest known DOS source code to the public! Jacob just returned from covering the Elon Musk v. OpenAI trial in person! He shared his experience getting inside the courthouse to cover the trial and shares firsthand observations from the courtroom.
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