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.
RNS Jack Jenkins
Related Coverage
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- Vatican taps ‘atheist’ Anthropic cofounder to speak at AI event as tensions with Trump White House rise New York Post · Thomas Barrabi
- As I recall, the protestant churches used to regard the catholic ones as idolatorous due to the presence of icons of saints, etc. — Were they still on that kick, instead of subsumed into the whole ‘prosperity gospel’ heresies and the like, they'd make a great deal of hay out of this horseshit - … @munin@infosec.exchange
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Discussion
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@jackmjenkins
Jack Jenkins
on x
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/..…
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Brian Green
Brian Green
on linkedin
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. …
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@jackjenkins.me
Jack Jenkins
on bluesky
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? — Turns out, there was a decade-long effort by the Vatican and the tech world to forge a relationship — w/Anthropic at the center. religionn…
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@robertscotthorton
Scott Horton
on bluesky
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...