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Pope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war.

"Magnifica Humanitas" (Magnificent Humanity), Leo's first encyclical, has been eagerly awaited ever since history's first U.S.-born pope announced days after his election that he considered AI to be the biggest challenge facing humanity today.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/pope ... f-humanity

Full text of the Magnifica Humanitas:
https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/ ... nitas.html

Summary of the encyclical - AI can assist humanity, but humanity must never surrender its moral agency, dignity, or spiritual identity to AI systems.

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