The Vatican has made a frontal challenge to the Trump administration’s approach to technology.

As Leo XIV prepares his first encyclical, technology firms and Western diplomats have worked to make their case inside the Vatican.

As Leo XIV prepares his first encyclical, tech firms and Western diplomats have worked to make their case for AI inside the Vatican.

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…

The pontiff's first encyclical set up another potential flash point with the Trump administration, which has worked aggressively to deregulate AI development.

Pope Leo called for the ‘disarming’ of artificial intelligence, and warned of ‘new forms of slavery’ behind its rise.

Pope Leo XIV called Monday for the “disarming” of artificial intelligence in his long-awaited manifesto on the rapidly developing technology, and warned of “new forms of slavery”…

Pope Leo XIV called for the “disarming” of artificial intelligence in his first encyclical. He warned that the rapidly expanding technology risks fuelling warfare, exploitation…

The first U.S. pope said the Catholic Church wanted to work with AI developers to discuss the proper use of the technology, and said humans should maintain key controls of AI…

Pope Leo XIV’s AI manifesto urges ‘disarming’ artificial intelligence, condemns AI-directed weapons and warns of new forms of slavery and hidden exploitation.

Pontiff appeals to world leaders in lengthy document at Vatican event

The pontiff warns that artificial intelligence could exacerbate inequality, deepen social fragmentation and weaken moral responsibility unless it is constrained.

Why the Catholic Church is concerned about Big Tech.

Pope Leo XIV has warned that 'humanity is slipping into a violent culture of power' in his first major text amid his deepening rift with US President Donald Trump

Pope Leo XIV Escalates AI Warnings—Says Tech Giants Cannot Control Algorithms And Data

VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV called on Monday for the “disarming” of artificial intelligence in his long-awaited...

Worries change may be ‘governed only by technocratic thinking and presented as necessary and inevitable’

Leo, the first US pope, warned against "a race for ever more powerful algorithms and larger datasets, driven by the desire to secure geopolitical or commercial dominance".

Leo argues the artificial intelligence revolution must be bent towards the dignity of every human. Donald Trump, by contrast, wants to let it rip.

Leo XIV warned against building a ‘new Tower of Babel’ with AI

The pontiff presented his encyclical at the Vatican alongside AI experts.