What do the Tower of Babel, the biblical figure Nehemiah, algorithms and realpolitik have in common? They're all discussed in Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas".

The 42,000-word encyclical on AI also serves as a formal launching point for Pope Leo's vision for contemporary application of Catholic social teaching.

VATICAN— In his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, published Monday, Pope Leo XIV calls on society and AI developers to ...

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Pope Leo XIV said artificial intelligence should be “disarmed” to protect humanity from its dangers, adding his voice to a heated debate over the extent to which governments should regulate ...

In "Magnifica humanitas," he fires a broadside against AI companies, warning of the technology's dangers in the same way Pope ...

In his encyclical “Magnifica Humanitas,” published May 25, Pope Leo XIV calls on society and AI developers to implement ...

In his "Magnifica Humanitas" encyclical, Pope Leo warns that as civilization grapples with the power of AI, the main ...

Pope Leo XIV says control of artificial intelligence must not remain in the hands “of a few” while warning that technology is fueling world conflicts, setting out his proposals in the first major ...

Catholic popes have been urging global leaders to address social justice issues for 135 years across some two dozen major documents that many of the world's 1.4-billion-faithful can cite by their two- ...