VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV will release on Monday his long-awaited manifesto on artificial intelligence (AI), a bid to address ethical and social challenges as the technology rapidly develops worldwide. The US pope will attend the presentation of the “Magnifica Humanitas” (Magnificent Humanity) encyclical at the Vatican in person — a first for the Catholic Church. He will be joined not only by officials from the Holy See but experts including the co-founder of the American startup Anthropic, a key player in the booming AI landscape.

The pope will join leading Catholic theologians and an Anthropic co-founder on Monday to release a landmark encyclical on “safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial…

"Magnifica Humanitas" tackles the social, economic and political challenges associated with artificial intelligence.