Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith and Pope Francis met for 30 minutes on Wednesday (Feb. The meeting took place in the Pope's residence, according to Reuters. Smith told the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano that "strong ethical and new, evolved laws" were necessary to make sure that technology such as AI is used with good intention. The Vatican also announced that its Academy for Life would sponsor a prize with Microsoft for the best doctoral dissertation in 2019 on "artificial intelligence at the service of human life." While the Pope has joked that he is a "disaster" when it comes to technology, he has made it a point to promote the use of it for the greater good.