Pope Leo will take on AI alongside an Anthropic co-founder

Pope Leo XIV is set to release a landmark encyclical Monday focused on preserving human dignity in the face of AI

Pope Leo XIV is set to release a landmark encyclical Monday focused on preserving human dignity in the face of AI.

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The pope, who has been outspoken about AI’s potential to encroach on human values, will be joined in Vatican City by leading Catholic figures and Chris Olah, a co-founder of the AI company Anthropic.

The document will be Leo’s first encyclical, a special papal letter that is sent to all bishops in the Roman Catholic Church. The encyclical, titled “Magnifica Humanitas,” comes amid growing backlash to AI’s environmental, social and educational impacts.