Sources: Meta, Google, and Amazon execs met Vatican officials on April 29, as part of a quiet lobbying push ahead of Pope Leo XIV's first AI encyclical
As Leo XIV prepares his first encyclical, technology firms and Western diplomats have worked to make their case inside the Vatican.
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@flingjore.com
@flingjore.com
on bluesky
Meta, Google and Amazon lobby the Vatican ahead of Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical on artificial intelligence. Industry leaders seek to position itself as an ethical partner while the Catholic Church prepares a document expected to shape global AI policy.
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@hypervisible.blacksky.app
@hypervisible.blacksky.app
on bluesky
“Silicon Valley has spent years trying to convince governments and the public that AI can be developed responsibly. Now, the industry has been making that case inside the Vatican.”
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Yoshua Bengio
Yoshua Bengio
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“Like nuclear energy, AI must be at the service of all and of the common good. Decisions about technology must never be separated from conscience and responsibility.” …
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@nixCraft@mastodon.social
@nixCraft@mastodon.social
on mastodon
“Idolatry of profit” — That might be one of the strong phrases I've heard anyone use about the AI companies. Pope Leo has called for *robust regulation* of AI and limits on its use for warfare, as he warned of the dangers of a technological revolution driven by “the idolatry o…
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Christian Paz
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The pope takes on AI