This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses scientists creating babies from human skin cells, the moral risks behind abstraction, ChatGPT’s new parental controls, and chatbots and in the culture war.Part I (00:14 &#8211; 14:38)From Test Tube Babies to Babies from Skin Cells: Scientists are Creating Human Eggs Via Skin Cells – This is Real Life, Not Science Fiction<ul><li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5553322/ivg-human-eggs-cells-fertility">Scientists create human eggs in the lab, using skin cells</a> by NPR (Rob Stein)</li><li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/01/ivf-babies-ai-robots-fertility/">Robots are learning to make human babies. Twenty have already been born.</a> by The Washington Post (Elizabeth Dwoskin and Zoeann Murphy)</li><li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63454-7">Induction of experimental cell division to generate cells with reduced chromosome ploidy</a> by Nature</li></ul>Part II (14:38 &#8211; 16:10)We are on the Precipice of Moral Disaster: We are Staring at the Most Dramatic Abstraction of Sex from Procreation in Human HistoryPart III (16:10 &#8211; 21:46)ChatGPT Rolls Out Parental Controls: But Teenagers Can Bypass the Parental Controls – That’s the Bigger Issue Here<ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/technology/chatgpt-teen-parental-controls-openai.html">What We Know About ChatGPT’s New Parental Controls</a> by The New York Times (Francesca Regalado)</li></ul>Part IV (21:46 &#8211; 24:36)A Chatbot Culture War: Elon Musk Seeks to Change Grok’s ‘Left-Leaning Bias,’ and the Left Freaks Out<ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/technology/elon-musk-grok-conservative-chatbot.html">How Elon Musk Is Remaking Grok in His Image</a> by The New York Times (Stuart A. Thompson, Teresa Mondría Terol, Kate Conger, and Dylan Freedman)</li></ul>Part V (24:36 &#8211; 26:38)A.I. Bill in California Prioritizes Safety: The Fight to Protect Children from A.I. is One Parents Will Have (and Must Have) For a Long Time<ul><li><a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-29/newsom-signs-ai-transparency-bill">Newsom signs AI transparency bill prioritizing safety</a> by LA Times (Melody Gutierrez)</li></ul><a href="https://albertmohler.com/subscribe">Sign up</a> to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:<a href="https://twitter.com/albertmohler">X</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/albertmohler/">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AlbertMohlerSBTS">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzH05TIlVgb3fNFMb10LYvg">YouTube</a>For more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to <a href="https://sbts.edu">sbts.edu</a>.For more information on Boyce College, just go to <a href="https://boycecollege.com">BoyceCollege.com</a>.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go <a href="https://albertmohler.com/contact">here</a>.

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