How Anthropic's ongoing discussions with the Vatican about ethics and AI led to Christopher Olah being invited to Pope Leo's unveiling of an encyclical on AI
(RNS) — Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical on AI is set to be released Monday (May 27), with Chris Olah, a co-founder of Anthropic, at his side.
NEW: When Pope Leo drops his new encyclical focused on AI next week, a co-founder of Anthropic will be there to help promote it. Why? Because of a decade-long effort by the Vatican and the tech world to forge a relationship — w/Anthropic at the center. https://religionnews.com/..…
If you are following some of the coverage on the Pope's encyclical letter on AI, Magnifica Humanitas (to be published May 25th), then you know there is some confusion about why Anthropic is there. …
It seems there is no shortage of senior AI researchers who believe that the Vatican is on the money with the pope's AI encyclical, and the abuse potential of the tech bros is huge. Anthropic is just one. religionnews.com/2026/05/22/ w...