Pope Leo XIV approves an Interdicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence via May 12 rescript to examine AI advances and effects on humanity
Commission follows Pope signing AI encyclical due in two weeks.
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.'
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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05/pope-leo-interdicasterial-artificial-intelligence-commission.html
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.
Pope Leo XIV launching comission on AI 👀
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.'
God's blessing is about to be bestowed upon Mechanistic Interpretability.