Catholics typically baptise newborns with holy water. But according to one AI priest, Gatorade or other soft drinks will also do.
The clerical chatbot, only the latest example of AI struggling to match the hype surrounding it, has now been defrocked from an online Catholic resource after it began giving confessions without permission.
Also on dpa trends this week, we've reviewed Apple's latest version of its best-selling Beats headphones as well as Ryan Gosling as a very ignored stunt man in "The Fall Guy".
Coman Hamilton,
dpa trends & features
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