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AI (artificial intelligence)
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…
May 30, 2026
· 1 min read
Guardian readers in the US spoke of fears about unregulated AI in response to the pope’s encyclical warning about the risks of the technologyIn his first major papal text since…
May 30, 2026
· 1 min read
AI (artificial intelligence)
The intelligent and thoughtful encyclical is an important warning of the uses and misuses of a rapidly developing technology. Silicon Valley is wrong to dismiss itOften I’m asked if I…
May 29, 2026
· 1 min read
Viewpoint
Pope Leo XIV has entered the global debate over artificial intelligence with a warning that reads less like… The post Building a ‘new tower of babel’: Inside Pope Leo’s historic…
May 28, 2026
· 1 min read
Europe
This blog is now closedIn recent days across parts of Europe, temperatures have soared, heat records have been broken and spring has felt more like the height of summer.Météo France,…
May 27, 2026
· 1 min read
Javier Milei
Argentina's President Javier Milei says it's "highly likely" that Pope Leo XIV will visit in November; Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno is in talks over details of visit, says La Libertad…
May 26, 2026
· 1 min read
Pope Leo XIV
In calling for regulation of the digital revolution, and foregrounding human dignity, the pontiff has contributed to a crucial ethical debateWhen the present pope adopted his regnal name, he explained…
May 25, 2026
· 2 min read
(Sub)Culture News
"“Humanity... is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together," the pope writes…
May 25, 2026
· 1 min read
AI
Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical uses AI as a lens to diagnose older problems: concentrated power, eroding democracy, and a tech elite that shapes the world to its own advantage.
May 25, 2026
· 1 min read
Europe
Pope Leo urged governments to slow down and closely regulate the development of AI systems in his first major document, released on Monday, warning that they spread misinformation, prioritise conflict…
May 25, 2026
· 6 min read
Computing
Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical on May 25, addressing AI, human dignity, war, and the dangers of letting technology fall into the hands of a few.
May 25, 2026
· 1 min read
Israel & the Region
Leo XIV's first encyclical demands AI be 'disarmed,' freed from use as 'instrument of domination, exclusion and death'; expert says edict may be 'defining document for our era' The post…
May 25, 2026
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Tech
Leo denounced the 'culture of power' driving the AI race, especially in developing ever more sophisticated methods of remote warfare.
May 25, 2026
· 1 min read
Israel & the Region
Leo XIV uses first encyclical to push anti-war message that has angered Washington, warning against falling into a 'violent culture of power' The post Pope criticizes Trump administration over ‘outdated’…
May 25, 2026
· 1 min read
Technology
Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah welcomes the Church's engagement with artificial intelligence technology, saying the ethical questions raised by AI extended far beyond engineering
May 25, 2026
· 2 min read
Pope Leo XIV
Pontiff calls for ‘most rigorous’ ethical constraints on tech and apologises for church’s delay in condemning slaveryPope Leo has denounced the “culture of power” driving the rapid rise of artificial…
May 25, 2026
· 1 min read
Global
Pope Leo XIV on Monday launched an impassioned call for regulation of Artificial Intelligence, warning that “opaque algorithms,” controlled by a handful of powerful private companies, can bring “new forms…
May 25, 2026
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