Vatican announces Pope Leo XIV encyclical Magnifica humanitas on AI for May 25 release
The Vatican announced Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, will be released May 25 and presented at 11:30 a.m. in the Synod Hall. Signed May 15 on the 135th anniversary of Rerum novarum, the document addresses preservation of the human person amid advances in artificial intelligence. The presentation includes Christopher Olah, co-founder of Anthropic, and speakers from academic and theological institutions.
#21Chris Olah@CH402The questions posed by AI are bigger than the AI community. We urgently need the world – religions, civil society, academics, governments – to participate in creating a positive outcome.
I'm glad the Catholic Church is engaging, and honored to speak at the presentation.
Vatican News@VaticanNewsPope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, on preserving the human person in the age of artificial intelligence, will be released on May 25. A presentation event with the Pope and various speakers is scheduled for the same day at the Vatican. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05/pope-leo-xiv-first-encyclical-magnifica-humanitas.html
#151MMitchell@MMITCHELL_AIAlso women. (Which requires AI companies to consistently hire, retain, and promote them)
Chris Olah@ch402The questions posed by AI are bigger than the AI community. We urgently need the world – religions, civil society, academics, governments – to participate in creating a positive outcome. I'm glad the Catholic Church is engaging, and honored to speak at the presentation.
#517Andrew Curran@ANDREWCURRAN_Update two from Vatican News. Anthropic AI co-founder Chris Olah will also be speaking!
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_Update on Pope Leo XIV's AI encyclical: 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘴. It will be presented on Monday, May 25th. 'Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical — titled Magnifica Humanitas, on the safeguarding of the human person in the age of AI'
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_Update two from Vatican News. Anthropic AI co-founder Chris Olah will also be speaking!
#517Andrew Curran@ANDREWCURRAN_Update on Pope Leo XIV's AI encyclical: 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘴. It will be presented on Monday, May 25th.
'Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical — titled Magnifica Humanitas, on the safeguarding of the human person in the age of AI'
Diane Montagna@dianemontagnaJUST IN: Vatican announces that Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical — titled Magnifica Humanitas, on the safeguarding of the human person in the age of AI — will be presented at 11:30am on Monday, May 25, in the Vaticanʼs Synod Hall, in the presence of the Holy Father. Speakers at the presentation will include: Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith; Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development; Professor Anna Rowlands, Political Theology, including Catholic Social Teaching, and theological ethics of human migration, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, United Kingdom; Christopher Olah, co-founder of Anthropic (USA) and head of interpretability research for artificial intelligence; Dr. Leocadie Lushombo, Political Theology and Catholic Social Thought, Jesuit School of Theology / Santa Clara University, California. Concluding remarks will be delivered by thel Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. The presentation will also include an address by Pope Leo XIV. Magnifica Humanitas was signed and dated on May 15, the 135th anniversary of the promulgation of Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical Letter Rerum Novarum.
#517Andrew Curran@ANDREWCURRAN_That was supposed to say signing.
Andrew 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.'
#517Andrew Curran@ANDREWCURRAN_Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_Update two from Vatican News. Anthropic AI co-founder Chris Olah will also be speaking!
#638Yo Shavit@YONASHAVmy guess is they got an ICML weak-reject
Diane Montagna@dianemontagnaJUST IN: Vatican announces that Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical — titled Magnifica Humanitas, on the safeguarding of the human person in the age of AI — will be presented at 11:30am on Monday, May 25, in the Vaticanʼs Synod Hall, in the presence of the Holy Father. Speakers at the presentation will include: Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith; Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development; Professor Anna Rowlands, Political Theology, including Catholic Social Teaching, and theological ethics of human migration, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, United Kingdom; Christopher Olah, co-founder of Anthropic (USA) and head of interpretability research for artificial intelligence; Dr. Leocadie Lushombo, Political Theology and Catholic Social Thought, Jesuit School of Theology / Santa Clara University, California. Concluding remarks will be delivered by thel Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. The presentation will also include an address by Pope Leo XIV. Magnifica Humanitas was signed and dated on May 15, the 135th anniversary of the promulgation of Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical Letter Rerum Novarum.
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HOLY SHIT NEW MODEL INCOMING??
Pliny the Liberator 🐉󠅫󠄼󠄿󠅆󠄵󠄐󠅀󠄼󠄹󠄾󠅉󠅭@elder_pliniusCLAUDE ALMIGHTY
rumor has it Claude Cowork will be rebranded to “Work of Claude”
Pliny the Liberator 🐉󠅫󠄼󠄿󠅆󠄵󠄐󠅀󠄼󠄹󠄾󠅉󠅭@elder_pliniusHOLY SHIT NEW MODEL INCOMING??
#839Beff (e/acc)@BEFFJEZOSAnthropic taking their holier than thou attitude to literally Papal levels
@yonashav didn’t have a broader impacts statement.
Yo Shavit@yonashavmy guess is they got an ICML weak-reject
Looking forward to next week's announcement that Anthropic and the Vatican are teaming up for a joint project on Applied Theology. (This joke is in honour of the sadly departed Vernor Vinge).
Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh@S_OhEigeartaighGod's blessing is about to be bestowed upon Mechanistic Interpretability.
#1457Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh@S_OHEIGEARTAIGHI agree with this and am glad to see such meetings happening. I've also been very happy to see the Vatican engaging with the academic community on AI risk over the last year, and the documents it's released. Would be good to see other religions/sects engage similarly. This affects everyone - potentially the biggest change global humanity has undergone.
Chris Olah@ch402The questions posed by AI are bigger than the AI community. We urgently need the world – religions, civil society, academics, governments – to participate in creating a positive outcome. I'm glad the Catholic Church is engaging, and honored to speak at the presentation.
