Pope Leo XIV calls for AI 'disarmament'

Pope Leo XIV said in Friday's Papal Address that AI systems should be "disarmed" and that humans must guide, change and when necessary reject its applications. He urged UN member states at next month's Geneva meeting to ban lethal autonomous weapons, stressing that machines are tools, not persons.

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