Pope Leo XIV issued his first papal encyclical on Monday, May 25, warning that artificial intelligence (AI) threatens to normalize an anti-human vision and comparing the unchecked development of the technology to the biblical Tower of Babel. The encyclical, titled “Magnifica Humanitas” (Latin for “Magnificent Humanity”), calls for robust regulation and independent oversight to counter what the pontiff described as a concentration of digital power in private hands. [1] The pope wrote that humanity faces a choice between constructing a new Babel – a symbol of top-down, prideful projects – or rebuilding Jerusalem, representing fraternal cooperation. The document is inspired by Pope Leo…

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