{"id":215779,"date":"2026-05-18T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/magnifica-humanitas-pope-and-co-founder-of-anthropic-to-launch-pontiffs-ai-encyclical\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T14:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:10:17","slug":"magnifica-humanitas-pope-and-co-founder-of-anthropic-to-launch-pontiffs-ai-encyclical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/magnifica-humanitas-pope-and-co-founder-of-anthropic-to-launch-pontiffs-ai-encyclical\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnifica Humanitas: Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff&#8217;s AI encyclical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/magnifica-humanitas-pope-founder-anthropic-launch-pontiffs-ai-encyclical\/19125396\/\">Magnifica Humanitas: Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff&#8217;s AI encyclical<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/magnifica-humanitas-pope-founder-anthropic-launch-pontiffs-ai-encyclical\/19125396\/\">https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/magnifica-humanitas-pope-founder-anthropic-launch-pontiffs-ai-encyclical\/19125396\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-18 14:03:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"abc7chicago.com\">abc7chicago.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pope Leo XIV and Anthropic&#8217;s Christopher Olah to launch an encyclical<\/strong>: On May 25, Pope Leo XIV and Christopher Olah, co-founder of AI company Anthropic, will launch the pontiff&#8217;s first encyclical focusing on the care of human dignity in the age of AI.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance of Anthropic&#8217;s involvement<\/strong>: Anthropic emphasizes safety and risk-mitigation in its research. Olah\u2019s presence at the Vatican indicates that the pope&#8217;s stance on AI may become a contentious issue, especially with U.S. political dynamics in play.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trump administration&#8217;s actions against Anthropic<\/strong>: In February, the Trump administration ordered U.S. agencies to cease using Anthropic\u2019s AI technology, claiming penalties for refusal to allow military use, and leading to a current legal dispute.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pope\u2019s concern regarding AI in warfare<\/strong>: Pope Leo XIV has shown significant concern over AI\u2019s use in warfare and demands monitoring over the technology&#8217;s deployment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>High-profile launch event<\/strong>: The encyclical, titled &#8220;Magnafica Humanitas,&#8221; will be formally launched with an unprecedented high-profile cast, including top Vatican cardinals and Anthropic\u2019s Olah, in the main Vatican auditorium.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Historical context and societal impact<\/strong>: The encyclical aims to contextualize AI within Catholic social teachings, similar to past encyclicals dealing with capitalism and labor during the Industrial Revolution.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anthropic\u2019s focus on AI safety<\/strong>: The AI company has positioned itself with a clear emphasis on safety, diverging from other rival organizations, and has concerns over AI&#8217;s control and usage by authoritarian regimes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magnifica Humanitas: Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff&#8217;s AI encyclical https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/magnifica-humanitas-pope-founder-anthropic-launch-pontiffs-ai-encyclical\/19125396\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":215780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19125419_051826-wls-pope-leo-img.jpg?w=1600","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215779"}],"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=215779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215781,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215779\/revisions\/215781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}