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

Pope Leo XIV on Monday issued “Magnifica Humanitas,” the first encyclical of his papacy, calling for robust legal regulation and independent oversight of artificial intelligence while warning that the technology could deepen inequality, weaken truth and change work, education, democracy and warfare. The Vatican document, which several accounts put at about 42,300 words, says AI should be guided by the common good rather than profit or power and should be “disarmed,” a phrase Leo said meant pr...