Pope Leo urges AI regulation in first encyclical (opens in new tab)

Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” at the Vatican on May 25, using the papal teaching document to call for tighter regulation of artificial intelligence and warn that the technology can be used for domination, exclusion and war. The text, described by several sources as about 42,000 to 43,000 words, was presented as “On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence” and addressed governments, companies and individuals as well as Catholic ...