The pope told AI developers and their regulators to slow down.
Pope Leo XIV asked AI builders and their regulators to slow down on his Friday visit to Paris. Speaking beside President Macron, he warned against losing our humanity inside a 'paradise of machines'. He told reporters afterwards that several AI companies are already in talks with the Vatican.
Why it mattersThe loudest call yet for slowing AI down came from outside the industry and outside government. That widens a fight that until now was labs, lawyers and regulators arguing among themselves.
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