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Last update: 2 hours agoAI Encyclical Shock: Pope Leo XIV unveiled his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” calling for the “disarming” of AI and warning that a race for ever-more powerful algorithms could fuel “new forms of slavery,” including in warfare where “not permissible” to hand lethal decisions to machines. Big Tech vs Oversight: At the Vatican launch, Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah backed outside control, saying labs face incentives that can conflict with “doing the right thing,” while the pope urged robust regulation, independent oversight, and slowing the acceleration. Tower of Babel Warning: Leo frames the AI era as a choice between a human-centered “civilization of love” and a modern “Tower of Babel” built on greed and dehumanization. Historic Vatican Apology: In the same document, he issued an unprecedented apology for the Holy See’s role in legitimising slavery, calling it “a wound in Christian memory.” Italy Politics: Italy’s center-left is already using the text to argue for stronger, interventionist AI governance against a “culture of power.”
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