AI, Pope Leo and Robust Regulation
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Leo and 33-year-old atheist tech leader Christopher Olah made an unlikely duo in championing a partnership between the Catholic Church and the tech industry to develop safeguards for the precarious development of AI.
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Christopher Olah, the executive of Anthropic who whispers to the Pope to embody the friendly face of the giants that "monopolize" AI
The AI company representative stood out in the presentation of the papal encyclical with a speech calling for more safeguards against the technology developed by his company. If anyone managed to steal some spotlight from Pope Leon XIV during the publication of his first papal encyclical,
The pontiff delivered a fiery screed against AI—as Olah, the company’s interpretability research lead, sat just a few seats away.
Pope Leo XIV shared his first encyclical on Monday. The writings about AI sparked responses from tech leaders, politicians, and other big names.