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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Josh Taylor Technology reporter

Man of his word: Pope Leo speeches declared human-authored by Australian AI detection tool

Pope Leo XIV standing at a lectern
A collection of speeches and writings by Pope Leo XIV has been certified by Australian company Proudly Human as having been written by people, not AI. Photograph: Evandro Inetti/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

A collection of speeches and writings by Pope Leo XIV has been certified as human-authored less than two months after Leo declared artificial intelligence the greatest threat to humanity.

Proudly Human, the Australian company spearheaded by Australia’s former chief scientist, Dr Alan Finkel, undertook a review of a collection of writings and speeches by the pope, in collaboration with the publisher, the Australian Catholic University and cardinals in the Vatican.

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