Pope Leo Takes On AI as a Potential Threat to Humanity

The new pope is making artificial intelligence a signature issue—but Silicon Valley is trying to win him over

By Margherita Stancati, Drew Hinshaw, Keach Hagey, and Emily Glazer

The Wall Street Journal, June 17, 2025 

“VATICAN CITY—Two days into his reign, the new American pope spoke softly to a hall full of red-capped cardinals and invoked the digital-age challenge to human dignity he intended to address with the power of his 2,000-year-old office: artificial intelligence.”

Read the full article in The Wall Street Journal

Leo waved to a crowd at St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday. Photo: Vatican Media/epa/Shutterstock

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