He warns against reducing people to measurable outputs, predictive profiles or behavioural categories. Once technology becomes the standard by which human beings are judged, it no longer serves human development; it begins to reshape society according to its own logic

Pope Leo XIV called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence in his first encyclical Magnifica Humanitas

His new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, seeks to counterbalance alarm with hope but lands firmly on one side.

AI has been a core part of Pope Leo’s papacy

Pope Leo XIV called for the regulation of AI in his first encyclical to ensure it is used for the common good rather than profit.