Pope Leo calls for AI regulation in encyclical (opens in new tab)

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,” on May 25, issuing a 42,300-word text that calls for stronger political and legal oversight of AI. He presented the document at the Vatican with Christopher Olah, a co-founder of Anthropic, at an event that linked the Catholic Church’s social teaching to debates over AI development. The pope wrote that technology is not inherently hostile t...