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Summary. Pope Leo XIV has issued the first major theological text of his papacy, warning about the growing power of artificial intelligence and calling for stronger regulation of the technology. In Magnifica Humanitas (“Magnificent Humanity”) — a 42,300-word document released by the Vatican on May 25 — the Pope warned that AI development cannot be driven solely by profit and market competition without risking “grave consequences” for workers, democracy and global peace. The warning has come in the form of an encyclical – an open letter to “all people of good will” – and marks the Vatican's most comprehensive intervention yet on AI governance
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The writer is an Assistant Editor of JWT.
