AI safety proponents are looking to the leader of the Catholic Church for help establishing guardrails on the fast-moving technology.
A public letter from Pope Leo XIV is expected in the coming weeks, Transformer reported, establishing “a clear moral stance on both the dangers and opportunities posed by the technology.”
Leo — who picked his papal name from a pope who led the Church through another period of technological transformation — has signaled he is prioritizing AI and has overseen several meetings dedicated to the topic.
Such Vatican guidance might not normally make waves, but Catholicism has seen a resurgence in the US in recent years, particularly in Silicon Valley, while AI is becoming salient politically.