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WSJ: The new pope takes aim at AI.

Pope Leo XIV made unregulated artificial intelligence the centerpiece of his papacy, warning it threatens dignity, labor, and faith.

Like Leo XIII in 1891, he’s taking on a new generation of “robber barons.”

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Vatican officials are demanding a binding global treaty on AI. Big Tech prefers voluntary ethics.

Microsoft, IBM, Cisco signed the Vatican’s 2020 “Rome Call.” Google, OpenAI, and others still haven’t.

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Pope Francis met Zuckerberg, Schmidt, and Cook. He feared AI could become a “technological dictatorship.”

In 2024, he told the G7 that replacing human judgment with machine decisions would strip life of hope.

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Pope Leo shares the same view—but has sharper tools. “Progress must not become arrogant,” says Cardinal Versaldi.

This week, the Vatican hosts execs from Google, Meta, IBM, Palantir, Anthropic, and Cohere.

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Leo invoked the Gilded Age: then, workers were crushed by capitalism; now, dignity is at risk from AI.

He calls on governments, not tech firms, to regulate.

Pope: It’s not credible to let the makers set the rules.

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Some African cardinals warn AI depends on minerals dug from their soil. European ones fear it’s replacing God.

Leo believes the Church must be a moral check—before the future becomes unrecognizable.

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Source: wsj.com/tech/ai/pope-l…