Pope frames AI ethics as sacred duty in inaugural encyclical Magnifica humanitas

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Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical Magnifica humanitas argues that human dignity must guide AI development, urging guardrails to prevent technology from widening inequality and poverty and calling on tech leaders and religious voices to shape ethical standards.
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