{"id":213823,"date":"2026-05-14T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/pope-leo-condemns-use-of-ai-warfare-and-the-spiral-of-annihilation-it-brings\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T10:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:20:10","slug":"pope-leo-condemns-use-of-ai-warfare-and-the-spiral-of-annihilation-it-brings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/pope-leo-condemns-use-of-ai-warfare-and-the-spiral-of-annihilation-it-brings\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo condemns use of AI warfare and the &#8216;spiral of annihilation&#8217; it brings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/world\/pope-leo-condemns-use-of-ai-warfare-and-the-spiral-of-annihilation-it-brings\">Pope Leo condemns use of AI warfare and the &#8216;spiral of annihilation&#8217; it brings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/world\/pope-leo-condemns-use-of-ai-warfare-and-the-spiral-of-annihilation-it-brings\">https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/world\/pope-leo-condemns-use-of-ai-warfare-and-the-spiral-of-annihilation-it-brings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-14 10:07:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.pbs.org\">www.pbs.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pope Leo XIV condemned investments in artificial intelligence and high-tech weaponry, labeling them a path leading to &#8220;annihilation.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>His speech at Rome\u2019s La Sapienza University highlighted a significant plea for peace in the Middle East, particularly regarding conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza.<\/li>\n<li>It was the first visit by a pope to the university campus since Pope Benedict XVI\u2019s canceled appearance in 2008.<\/li>\n<li>Leo was greeted by young Palestinian students who arrived in Italy on a &#8220;humanitarian corridor&#8221; from Gaza to continue their studies.<\/li>\n<li>The pope highlighted the disproportionate increase in military spending at the expense of education and healthcare, criticizing it for enriching elites.<\/li>\n<li>He advocated for ethical monitoring of AI development, warning against letting AI absolve humans of responsibility in conflicts.<\/li>\n<li>Leo emphasized the importance of education and research to promote peace and justice, contrasting the misuse of new technologies.<\/li>\n<li>Several Palestinian students, like 19-year-old Nada Rahim Jouda, expressed gratitude for their opportunity to study in Italy while still worrying about their families in Gaza.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo condemns use of AI warfare and the &#8216;spiral of annihilation&#8217; it brings https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/world\/pope-leo-condemns-use-of-ai-warfare-and-the-spiral-of-annihilation-it-brings&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":213824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net\/static\/2026\/05\/2026-05-14T094037Z_17937105_RC2X8LADLNZ5_RTRMADP_3_POPE-ITALY-UNIVERSITY-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-213823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213823"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213825,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213823\/revisions\/213825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}