Pope Leo warns AI is fueling conflict, urges world to ‘slow’ advances - BERITAJA

Pope Leo XIV called for stronger regularisation and a slower gait of AI advances in a landmark theological document released Monday, informing the exertion was fueling and normalizing conflict about the world.

In a sweeping and eagerly anticipated manifesto connected the subject, Leo warned that AI should not beryllium “concentrated successful the hands of only a fewer people” and that “a much civilized AI is not capable if that morality is wished by a few.”

He was penning successful his first encyclical, a cardinal matter outlining the pope’s position connected world affairs, titled “Magnifica Humanitas” (Magnificent Humanity). It was released alongside Christopher Olah, 1 of the co-founders of the AI elephantine Anthropic.

Pope Leo astatine the position of his first encyclical astatine the Vatican connected Monday.Alberto Pizzoli / AFP via Getty Images

That poses different imaginable flashpoint between the Vatican and President Donald Trump, whose management ordered each agencies to extremity utilizing Anthropic aft the institution refused the U.S. military unrestricted entree to its technology.

“Calling for prudence, rigorous information and even, astatine times, a slower gait successful adopting AI does not mean opposing progress,” the pope said successful the document. “Instead, it is an workout of responsible attraction for the quality family.”

Its merchandise comes aft history’s first U.S.-born pope faced nationalist attacks from Trump pursuing his disapproval of the Iran war.

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