Pope Francis issues AI warning as Vatican draws up new rules - The document warns that AI is not a substitute for ‘authentic human relationships’

A lengthy note by two Vatican dicasteries aims to prevent the line between humans and machines from becoming “blurred.” Following several recent interventions by Pope Francis on artificial intelligence,

The Vatican's new document on AI emphasizes ethics, urging technology to enhance human dignity, not replace it. Discover its guidelines now.

Speaking to Church communications professionals the pope emphasized the need for a human-centered approach to communication.

Pope Francis has issued several warnings about ... It comes as a new AI chatbot by Chinese tech startup DeepSeek has raised the stakes in the AI technology race, catching up with American ...

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A new Vatican document offered AI guidelines on sectors such as warfare, education, and healthcare. View on euronews

Pope Francis expressed concern over the impact of social media, warning against excessive scrolling, which he described as causing 'brain rot.' View on euronews

Breakthrough technology often brings risks as well as benefits, but AI represents such dramatic power that the Vatican has spoken up about its potential pitfalls as well as its benefits.

Italy's data protection authority, the Garante, said on Thursday it had ordered DeepSeek to block its chatbot in the country after the Chinese artificial intelligence startup failed to address the regulator's concerns over its privacy policy.

Ethical questions around using generative AI for religious tasks have become more complicated as the technology has improved, religious leaders say.

A Vatican document released on Tuesday offers wide-ranging ethical guidelines for the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in sectors ranging from warfare to health care, with an underlying call that the burgeoning technology must be used as "a tool to complement,