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The Vatican's Magnifica Humanitas encyclical warns AI is not neutral and could warp humanity by eroding judgment, simulating care without genuine relationships, heightening inequality, destabilizing democracy through disinformation, and easing war; it calls for human-centered, bottom-up AI guidelines and global governance to keep technology aligned with human dignity.
Bishop Daniel E. Flores previews Pope Leo XIV’s forthcoming encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, which will address artificial intelligence and human dignity, arguing that AI offers benefits but human judgment must guide decisions and that humanity should not be reduced to data; he urges Catholic media to preserve the pope’s voice and encourage thoughtful discernment in a tech-driven world.
Pope Leo XIV will present Magnifica Humanitas, a new encyclical on protecting the human person in the age of artificial intelligence, at a Vatican event attended by Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah; the document is expected to urge safeguarding workers’ rights, condemn AI use in warfare, and call for stringent regulation and ethical governance of technology.
Pope Leo XIV, ahead of his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, is expected to add an AI-focused dimension to Catholic social teaching, offering moral guidance on artificial intelligence and digital transformation while stressing human dignity and transcendence; scholars frame this as a modern continuation of Rerum Novarum, with the Pope urging Catholic students in Africa to become pioneers of a new humanism in the digital age.
Pope Leo XIV is poised to sign his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, reframing AI as a defining moral and labor issue and urging that technology serve people—protecting workers, creativity, and moral agency. The document, linked to the Rerum Novarum anniversary, would mark an active Vatican role in AI ethics and labor rights, building on existing Vatican AI guidelines and prior warnings about AI's risks. The official announcement is expected May 22.