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Pope Leo XIV approves an Interdicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence via May 12 rescript to examine AI advances and effects on humanity

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Commission follows Pope signing AI encyclical due in two weeks.

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A day after singing an encyclical on AI, which will be made public in the next two weeks, Pope Leo XIV has launched an Interdicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence to consider 'its potential effects on human beings and on humanity as a whole.'

7:32 AM · May 17, 2026 View on X
Andrew CurranAndrew Curran@AndrewCurran_

A day after singing an encyclical on AI, which will be made public in the next two weeks, Pope Leo XIV has launched an Interdicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence to consider 'its potential effects on human beings and on humanity as a whole.'

2:32 PM · May 17, 2026 · 19.2K Views
2:32 PM · May 17, 2026 · 3.3K Views

*signing

Andrew CurranAndrew Curran@AndrewCurran_

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05/pope-leo-interdicasterial-artificial-intelligence-commission.html

2:32 PM · May 17, 2026 · 3.3K Views
5:17 PM · May 17, 2026 · 1.9K Views

The Vatican's success in this area depends on it recognizing that it will need to exercise its authority through quite different substrates.

One massive first step would be to rally Catholics worldwide against a technical research agenda that ships real code, evals, and models.

8:01 PM · May 17, 2026 · 5.4K Views

Pope Leo XIV launching comission on AI 👀

Andrew CurranAndrew Curran@AndrewCurran_

A day after singing an encyclical on AI, which will be made public in the next two weeks, Pope Leo XIV has launched an Interdicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence to consider 'its potential effects on human beings and on humanity as a whole.'

2:32 PM · May 17, 2026 · 19.2K Views
8:16 PM · May 17, 2026 · 3.4K Views