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17 hours ago · Nicole Winfield
Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity
Pope Leo XIV called 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.
19 hours ago · Nicole Winfield
Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See’s own role in legitimizing slavery
Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the role the Holy See itself played in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.”
20 hours ago · Elise Ann Allen
Leo in new AI text condemns ‘culture of power’ that fuels war
In his most significant document to date, Pope Leo XIV addressed what he called a “culture of power” in which violence is favored over peace and limitless technological advancement is embraced at the expense of the human being, especially the poor.
20 hours ago · Elise Ann Allen
Leo says the use of AI must not inhibit human dignity or create ‘new colonialism’
Pope Leo XIV says the value of human dignity must be maintained as the world faces the changes brought on by the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI).