Peter Thiel
Investor; co-founder and chairman of Palantir, co-founder of PayPal and Founders Fund · as of 2026-10-04 · source
Prominent tech investor and opponent of AI regulation; in Sept 2026 called Pope Leo XIV a 'useful idiot' for the CCP over his AI encyclical.
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- Pope Leo XIV on AI art: 'Algorithms lack the spark of humanity' ★★★
On Oct 2, 2026, in an address to artists that he also posted on X, Pope Leo XIV said there is "an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the…
- Pope Leo XIV says AI doom concerns are not 'fake news' and rebukes Nvidia's Jensen Huang for opposing regulation ★★★
On Sept 28, 2026, at a press conference on his flight back to Rome from a four-day trip to France, Pope Leo XIV said experts' warnings that AI could threaten humanity "should be taken seriously" and are not "fake news, as some have said". He singled out Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who had announced…
- Pope Leo XIV makes AI the theme of addresses to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (Sept 24) and UNESCO in Paris (Sept 25) ★★
In two speeches days before his "not fake news" remarks, Pope Leo XIV warned about AI. On Sept 24, 2026 he told the Pontifical Academy of Sciences that AI "can be used for surveillance, manipulation and discrimination" and that autonomous weapons without human oversight bring "new dangers to…
- Peter Thiel calls Pope Leo XIV a 'useful idiot' for the Chinese Communist Party over his AI encyclical ★★
In an interview with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner (MD Meets podcast, released Sept 25, 2026, when Thiel received the Axel Springer Award in Berlin), Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel said Pope Leo XIV's call for AI regulation in Magnifica Humanitas was "working for the Communist party" and that…
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