Pope Leo XIV has issued one of the most forceful papal interventions on modern technology to date, warning that unchecked artificial intelligence (AI) could usher in 'new forms of slavery' and deepen global inequality.
In his first major encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas ('Magnificent Humanity'), presented at the Vatican, the pontiff called for the 'disarming' of AI – urging the world to slow down what he described as an accelerating race for power, profit, and geopolitical dominance.
