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Pope Leo warns of AI becoming 'yet another Tower of Babel'
Key takeaways
- Pope Leo XIV presents his first encyclical, focused on the rise of artificial intelligence.
- Pope Leo XIV has urged governments worldwide to slow the development of AI systems and curb their disruptive effects.
- He was supported by Anthropic co-founder Chris Oah, who said firms like his needed outside scrutiny.
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Pope Leo XIV presents his first encyclical, focused on the rise of artificial intelligence. (Reuters: Yara Nardi)
Pope Leo XIV has urged governments worldwide to slow the development of AI systems and curb their disruptive effects.
He was supported by Anthropic co-founder Chris Oah, who said firms like his needed outside scrutiny.
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