{"id":220143,"date":"2026-05-26T05:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/to-understand-pope-leos-efforts-on-a-i-look-at-the-man-3-seats-away\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T06:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:50:09","slug":"to-understand-pope-leos-efforts-on-a-i-look-at-the-man-3-seats-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/to-understand-pope-leos-efforts-on-a-i-look-at-the-man-3-seats-away\/","title":{"rendered":"To Understand Pope Leo\u2019s Efforts on A.I., Look at the Man 3 Seats Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/26\/us\/26nat-pope-leo-ai.html\">To Understand Pope Leo\u2019s Efforts on A.I., Look at the Man 3 Seats Away<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/26\/us\/26nat-pope-leo-ai.html\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/26\/us\/26nat-pope-leo-ai.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-26 05:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.nytimes.com\">www.nytimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pope Leo XIV has positioned himself as a global critic of issues like immigration crackdowns, war, and now, artificial intelligence (AI).<\/li>\n<li>In his document &#8220;Magnifica Humanitas,&#8221; Leo critiques AI, calling for it to be &#8220;disarmed&#8221; to prevent it from becoming a tool for domination, exclusion, and death.<\/li>\n<li>Leo emphasizes collaboration to infuse Catholic moral values into AI development, positioning the Church as a possible bridge for dialogue between AI developers and the wider community.<\/li>\n<li>The inclusion of AI pioneer Christopher Olah during the document\u2019s release symbolizes a rare attempt to engage with top tech leaders directly, signaling Vatican\u2019s new focus on relationships with influential tech companies.<\/li>\n<li>Leo\u2019s work underscores the Vatican&#8217;s awareness of technology&#8217;s transformative power, drawing parallels with the profound impacts of previous technological revolutions.<\/li>\n<li>The encyclical aims to defend &#8220;human flourishing&#8221; and addresses concerns over power concentration and potential inequalities created by AI, arguing for broader inclusion in technological benefits.<\/li>\n<li>The document also reflects a moral critique of AI growing within religious communities and could shape a united movement advocating for ethical AI practices.<\/li>\n<li>Institutions like Catholic universities are taking steps to integrate ethical frameworks influenced by the Church\u2019s teachings into discussions and developments in AI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To Understand Pope Leo\u2019s Efforts on A.I., Look at the Man 3 Seats Away https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/26\/us\/26nat-pope-leo-ai.html&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":220144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/05\/26\/multimedia\/26nat-pope-assess-NEW-01-hvkz\/26nat-pope-assess-NEW-01-hvkz-facebookJumbo.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-220143","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\/220143"}],"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=220143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220145,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220143\/revisions\/220145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}