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Pope Leo Issues Landmark Warning That AI "Risks Accelerating War and Threatens Humanity" in First Teaching Document as Hajj Pilgrimage Begins in 42°C Mecca Heat
Pope Leo XIV issued the Catholic Church's most significant warning on artificial intelligence at a Vatican event attended by AI experts.
On Sunday, May 25, Pope Leo XIV did something no pontiff had done before. In his first teaching document since ascending to the papacy, he took direct aim at artificial intelligence, declaring that the technology "risks accelerating war and threatens humanity" if left ungoverned. The document, released at a Vatican event attended by the co‑founder of Anthropic and other leading AI experts, is the most significant intervention by the Catholic Church on the subject — and it arrives at a moment when the world's militaries are racing to integrate AI into weapons systems.
The Pope's warning was not abstract. He spoke of AI being deployed in "battlefield decision‑making," of autonomous systems that could trigger conflicts without human oversight, and of a world sleepwalking into an arms race it barely understands. The language was urgent, but the framing was moral. The document called on global leaders to establish binding ethical guardrails, arguing that the question of who controls AI is not merely a regulatory matter but a spiritual one. The presence of the Anthropic co‑founder underscored the convergence between Silicon Valley's conscience and the Vatican's — a rare alignment of technology and theology.
While the Pope was issuing his warning, a very different act of faith was under way thousands of miles away. An estimated 1.5 million Muslims began the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca on the same day, confronting temperatures that climbed to 42°C. Saudi authorities deployed cooling stations and medical teams to manage the extreme heat, aware that mass gatherings in such conditions can turn lethal without meticulous preparation. The convergence of these two events — a papal document on AI and the largest Islamic pilgrimage on earth — is a reminder that even in an age of accelerating technological change, the world's great faiths continue to shape the rhythm of global life.
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