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Anthropic follows Pope’s AI encyclical with warning
Two weeks after Pope Leo XIV published an encyclical warning artificial intelligence companies against constructing “a new Tower of Babel”, the multibillion-dollar AI company Anthropic is calling for a global pause or slowdown in development. Source: EWTN News.
Pope’s encyclical ’offers the wisdom tech companies are searching for’
Magnifica Humanitas has opened the doors for deeper conversations between the Church and the tech industry regarding “how AI is going to affect humanity”, according to priest and former Silicon Valley executive Fr Brendan McGuire. Source: National Catholic Register.
Conference warned of ‘deepfake’ dangers
A top Vatican official warned of the dangers of artificial intelligence at a conference ahead of today’s release of Pope Leo’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. Source: EWTN News.
Approach to AI should go beyond ethics to a vision of humanity
Pope Leo XIV knows an ethical approach to artificial intelligence is not enough, and he will stress the need to embrace the Christian vision of humanity and creation in his upcoming encyclical, a papal academy said. Source: OSV News.
Pope explores AI and dignity in first encyclical
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, will be published on May 25, addressing artificial intelligence and the protection of human dignity. Source: OSV News.
AI study group set up ahead of encyclical
Pope Leo XIV has created a study group on artificial intelligence as he prepares to release his first encyclical. Source: NCR Online.
Pope warns against AI in war
Pope Leo XIV has warned that the use of new technology in modern warfare risks plunging humanity into a “spiral of annihilation” and condemned increased investment in weapons worldwide. Source: NCR Online.
Top Vatican official says future of work lies in moral choices of humanity
“Ultimately, the future lies not in machines, but in the moral choices of humanity,” a high-ranking Vatican official said yesterday during an artificial intelligence event yesterday co-sponsored by the Australian Embassy to the Holy See. Source: Vatican News.
Hezbollah accused of targeting patriarch in digital campaign
Hezbollah supporters have reportedly used AI-generated manipulated images to target Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rai, the Maronite patriarch of Antioch and All the East. Source: National Catholic Register.