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Last update: 5 hours agoVatican AI Encyclical Launch: Pope Leo XIV will personally present his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on May 25 at 11:30 in the Synod Hall, with Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah joining cardinals and theologians to frame AI as a test of human dignity—amid Vatican warnings about AI in warfare and the “ecology of truth” as synthetic content and disinformation spread. Church Governance: The Holy See has also set up an interdicasterial AI commission to coordinate Catholic positions across doctrine, development, culture, communications, and science—signaling the Vatican wants to be the “adult in the room” on AI ethics. Culture & Tech Curiosity: Separate from the Vatican’s AI push, Irish researchers say they’ve found Caedmon’s Hymn, the oldest surviving English poem, embedded in a medieval manuscript in a Roman library.
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