Anthropic’s alliance with pope on AI harms: all in good faith or ‘Vatican-washing?’ (opens in new tab)

Experts say AI firm’s engagement with Vatican risks creating ‘feelgood’ discourse that lacks critical examinationWhy did Anthropic’s founder sit beside the pope during a warning about AI?In the first major written teaching of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV took artificial intelligence to task. The pontiff delineated the technology’s most concerning threats to humanity: , and . At a ceremony honoring the holy teaching the day of its release at the Vatican, the pope was flanked by an unusual guest sp...