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For Pope Leo, the risk of an AI apocalypse is a major concern

The Vatican says AI could trigger misinformation, war and social harm, and Pope Leo is urging common global rules for the technology.

  • On Friday, Pope Leo will address UNESCO headquarters in Paris, continuing his 16-month campaign to warn world leaders about artificial intelligence risks and the need for global oversight.
  • The Vatican began warning about AI dangers in 2019, when Pope Francis cautioned that misinformation spread by autonomous systems could spark global conflict.
  • Warning that nations cannot "go it alone," Cardinal Pietro Parolin stated last week that "the future of humanity is really at stake here" without establishing common rules.
  • Rev. Paolo Benanti noted the Holy See's AI engagement is not "happening on day zero," reflecting ongoing collaborations with CEOs from Anthropic and OpenAI.
  • Leo has specifically urged oversight for weapons systems, noting in his encyclical that such technology has advanced "practically beyond any human reach to govern them.
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The Vatican calls for global rules for artificial intelligence and warns that countries cannot act on their own. The leadership of the Catholic Church warned about the risk of an apocalypse caused by artificial intelligence (AI) before the great American companies do it at the UN. For Pope Leon, the first pope born in the United States, this problem is a ...

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For Pope Leo, the risk of an AI apocalypse is a major concern

The Vatican warned about the risk of an apocalypse spurred by artificial intelligence years before major American firms sounded the alarm at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday - a concern that Pope Leo is placing at the heart of his papacy.

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Forbes, the world's most conceptual business and economic magazine. Leo insisted on the need for supervision, especially in the development of weapons systems, such as those used in the war between Russia and Ukraine The post For Pope Leo, Risk of Apocalypse Caused by AI It is a great concern appeared first in Forbes Brazil.

Leo XIV renewed on Thursday in the Vatican his alert on the risks of artificial intelligence for peace. On Friday, he will bring to Unesco a doctrine already laid down in his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, between human dignity, disinformation and arms control.

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