Pope Leo XIV: AI Must Serve Humanity, No Legal Personhood

Pope Leo XIV warned against granting AI systems rights or legal personhood at a Vatican AI conference, stressing that machines are tools, not persons. He said AI's future depends on human decisions and called for human oversight.

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