Pope Leo XIV
Pope, head of the Catholic Church · as of 2026-10-04 · source
Made AI the subject of his first encyclical, 'Magnifica Humanitas' (May 2026), and rebuked Jensen Huang over AI regulation.
News mentioning Pope Leo XIV (4)
- Pope Leo XIV on AI art: 'Algorithms lack the spark of humanity' ★★★
On Oct 2, 2026 Pope Leo XIV posted on X that 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 spark of humanity", and called for the…
- NYT: Anthropic's summits with religious leaders on Claude's possible consciousness, and Chris Olah's private lobbying of the Vatican ★★★★
On Sept 29, 2026 the New York Times (Elizabeth Dias) published interviews with Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah and about 20 religious and philosophical leaders who took part in Anthropic's summits on Claude's moral character and whether it might be conscious. The meetings began with about 15…
- 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's first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas", is devoted to AI ★★★
On 2026-05-25 the Vatican published Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, on "safeguarding the human person in the age of artificial intelligence". It is the first papal encyclical centred on AI. It says AI only imitates some functions of human intelligence, rejects AI-enabled war…
Videos (3)
- "The Clodyssey" (Claude, another 12 hours; X video) anabology (@anabology) · 2026-09-30
- Anthropic warns of AI risks as OpenAI delays new model | Reuters World News Reuters · 2026-09-29
- Let's Lower the P(doom)! Nate Sharpe · 2026-09-25
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