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Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on Monday, calling for safeguards around artificial intelligence. The 200‑page document, presented with Anthropic co‑founder Chris Olah, warns that AI amplifies existing power imbalances and urges clear criteria, public oversight, and an end to the AI arms race. It references historical concerns about concentrated economic power and cites recent political moves, including President Donald Trump's delayed AI executive order and tech‑elite lobbying. Notre Dame law professor Paolo Carozza warned that AI‑driven misinformation threatens democratic discourse. Weiterlesen

On May 15, Pope Leo XIV signed 'Magnifica Humanitas,' the Vatican's first encyclical dedicated to artificial intelligence and the protection of human dignity. Published ten days later, the document arrives exactly 135 years after Leo XIII released 'Rerum Novarum,' which framed the industrial revolution’s moral questions. In the encyclical, the Pope calls for a values‑based framework to guide AI development, warning that current decisions will shape generations. The Vatican’s initiative coincides with a recent Faith‑AI Covenant roundtable that brought together AI leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic and DeepMind with senior religious figures. Weiterlesen