Pope says AI should be ‘servant of the common good,’ not humanity’s rival

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How it spread - 6 original reports

1. Fri, 21 August 2026

   1 report
   • Anadolu Agency (AA)16:18first to report
     Pope says AI should be ‘servant of the common good,’ not humanity’s rival

     'The world does not need an AI that diminishes humanity,’ Pontiff stresses

2. Wed, 26 August 2026

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   • thetablet.co.uk16:00
     Being Human in the Age of AI: Pope Leo XIV and the Catholic Vision

     Throughout September, The Tablet will be running a series of webinars exploring Pope Leo XIV’s current project: the retrieval of Catholicism’s account of the

3. Fri, 28 August 2026

   4 reports
   • ANSA (Italy)10:18edited after publishing
     Il Papa torna sull'IA: 'L'umanità sacrificata agli interessi privati'

     previouslyIl Papa: 'Con l'Ia rischio che il bene dell'umanità sia sacrificato agli interessi privati'

     'Concentrata nelle mani di pochi giganti, gli Stati faticano a controllarla'

   • ANSA English (Italy)10:26
     With AI, good of humanity is at risk of being sacrificed to private interests -pope

     'Decisions are now entrusted to machines, and humans are victims of their own inventions'

   • Anadolu Agency (AA)15:03
     Pope Leo warns humanity could become ‘victim of its own inventions’ amid rapid AI advances

     Pope calls for ethical framework to guide development, use of artificial intelligence

   • MercoPress (South America)18:56
     The Pope says states struggle to control the concentration of artificial intelligence

     Pope Leo XIV warned on Friday of the difficulty states face in overseeing artificial intelligence, which in his view is concentrated in the hands of a small number of major economic and technological players, and called for the use of such tools to be governed by ethical criteria.