Pope Leo calls for AI to serve humanity and not concentrate power

The Pontiff released a 42,300-word document outlining the dangers (and benefits) of AI. Pope Leo XIV has taken a stronger stand against AI. On Monday, Leo released his first papal encyclical -- an almost 400-year-old tradition in which the Catholic Church shares its perspective on an issue. In this case, over about 42,300 words (in the English version), the Pope warned of the misconception of equating this type of'intelligence' with that of human beings. These systems merely imitate certain functions of human intelligence.