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Last update: 20 minutes agoAI Encyclical Countdown: Pope Leo XIV will publish his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” on May 25, with the Vatican staging a major launch event that includes Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah—an unmistakable signal that AI ethics and AI warfare will become a new flashpoint with the Trump administration. War and Dignity: In a historic La Sapienza address, the pope called AI-directed warfare a “spiral of annihilation,” urging tighter monitoring of how AI is used in both military and civilian life. Vatican Governance: Ahead of the encyclical, the Holy See has also set up an Inter-Dicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence to coordinate the Church’s response to AI’s impact on human dignity and integral development. Missionary Outreach: Separately, the pope met the board of the Catholic Extension Society, praising its work bringing support and sacraments to remote communities in the U.S., Cuba, and Puerto Rico.
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