BBC News | Pope Leo says AI must be 'disarmed' in first major teaching

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Pope Leo presented his first major encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” warning that artificial intelligence must be “disarmed” to prevent new forms of digital slavery and exploitation. The document couples a rare papal apology for the Church’s historic role in slavery with a stark critique of AI’s risks—its use in warfare, its capacity to lower the threshold for violence, its manipulation of politics and media, and the threat of “digital colonialism.” Leo urges developers to recognize their ethical and spiritual responsibility, calls on leaders to curb an AI arms race, and compares today’s inaction on AI to the delayed denunciation of slavery, highlighting the need for safeguards that protect human dignity in the face of rapid technological advances.

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