Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 15 minutes ago

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‘Artificial intelligence now demands to be disarmed’
pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/26/pope-leo-to-ai-bros-just-stop-it - blog post

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Sources:

Magnifica Humanitas https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html
Pope Leo presents 'Magnifica humanitas’ calling for disarmament of AI https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05/pope-leo-xiv-magnifica-humanitas-presentation-ai-disarmament.html
Silicon Valley takes its AI pitch to the pope https://www.politico.eu/article/pope-leo-xiv-ai-meetings-silicon-valley-vatican/

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