Pope Leo XIV issues his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” calling for robust regulation of artificial intelligence as the technology spreads into society. Multiple outlets report that the pope urges AI developers to work for the common good rather than pursue profit. He frames AI as a major challenge for humanity and criticizes the incentives driving the AI race, describing a “culture of power” that can lead to domination and harm. Several accounts add that the encyclical connects AI with concerns about warfare and remote conflict, arguing that it is not permissible to delegate irreversible, lethal decisions to AI systems. One report quotes the pope calling for AI to be “disarmed,” and freed from logics that turn it into an instrument of exclusion and death. Coverage also notes that the encyclical has been eagerly awaited, particularly since a U.S.-born pope previously said AI was the biggest challenge facing humanity. The overall reporting presents the encyclical as both a call for governance and a warning about the ethical and security risks of unregulated AI deployment.
Pope Leo XIV calls for robust AI regulation and “disarming” lethal decision-making
Pope Leo XIV issues his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” calling for robust regulation of artificial intelligence as the technology spreads into society. Multiple outlets report that the pope...
- Pope Leo XIV releases his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” centered on AI’s impact on humanity.
- He calls for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for developers to prioritize the common good over profit.
- The pope urges that AI be “disarmed” or otherwise constrained away from uses tied to domination, exclusion, and death.
- He says it is not permissible to entrust irreversible, lethal decisions to AI systems.
- Several reports link the encyclical’s concerns to AI use in warfare and remote warfare decisions.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war. “Magnifica Humanitas” (Magnificent Humanity), Leo’s first encyclical , has been eagerly awaited ever since history’s first U.S.-born pope announced days after his election that he considered AI to be the biggest challenge facing humanity today. In the text, Leo denounced the “culture of power” driving the AI race, especially in developing ever more sophisticated methods of remote warfare. He declared that it was “not permissible” to entrust irreversible, lethal decisions to AI systems, setting up another flash point between the American pope and the Trump administration, which has worked aggressively to deregulate AI development. “Artificial Intelligence now demands to be disarmed, freed from logics that turn it into an instrument of domination, exclusion and death,″ the pope told a special Vatican
3 months agoPope Leo has called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) in a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind.
3 months agoThe pope's first encyclical has been eagerly awaited ever since the first U.S.-born pope announced that he considered AI to be the biggest challenge facing humanity today.
3 months agoPope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war....Keep on reading: Pope, in first encyclical, calls for robust regulation of AI
3 months agoPope Leo XIV is calling for robust regulation of artificial intelligence in his newly released manifesto on safeguarding humanity in an era of increasing reliance on AI. In the highly anticipated document that’s been in the works for more than a year, the Pope urges, “Let’s not fear artificial intelligence but constantly keep the question of the human in play. We cannot be careless with our most powerful technical instruments.”
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