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Last update: 8 hours agoAI Encyclical Countdown: Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (“Magnificent Humanity”), is set for May 25—and the Vatican is already staging it like a major public event, with the pope himself appearing at the press conference alongside Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah, plus Vatican cardinals and theologians. Church vs. “Ethics-Only” AI: Vatican theologians are pushing a sharper line: Bishop Antonio Staglianò says a mere code of ethics is a “cold” document that profit-driven firms can bypass, arguing the real fix is a change in the human heart and a renewed vision of creation. Deepfake Alarm: Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça warned that AI deepfakes can distort the “grammar” of human encounter—damaging individuals and the social fabric. Policy Pressure in Brussels: Days ahead of the encyclical, EU lawmakers agreed to ban “nudifier” apps and systems used to generate nonconsensual intimate imagery and child sexual abuse material. Context: The Vatican has also been building internal structures—an AI study group and commission—to keep the message from staying purely theoretical.
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