Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to issue his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on May 25. Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah will share the stage with the Vatican.
the document Focuses on protecting human dignity while reshaping artificial intelligence exhaustion And society. It represents the most direct interaction between the current pope and the frontier AI laboratory to date.
A signed letter and a new committee
Pope Leo XIV signed the encyclical on May 15. This date marks the 135th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s issuance of “Rerum Novarum,” an 1891 document on capital and labor. “Magnifica Humanitas” translates to “magnificent humanity.”
The Pope has repeatedly cited this lineage, calling artificial intelligence “the origin.” Definition of industrial transformation From his papacy. The full subtitle is “On Protecting Human Dignity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.”
On May 16, the Catholic leader approved the creation of a new Vatican commission on the ethics of artificial intelligence, which will attract representatives from seven departments. Cardinal Michael Czerny said the body would address the challenges of artificial intelligence within the Holy See and for the Church more broadly.
Anthropic co-founder Olah joins the Vatican lineup
Christopher Olah, of Participated in its founding An anthropologist who leads explainability research, he will speak as a regular presenter. His team is focused on understanding how large language models like Claude arrive at their decisions internally.
Pope Leo
The Pope, whose real name is Robert Francis Prevost, is the first American to hold this position. He has pointed to artificial intelligence as a specific challenge to his papacy in previous speeches in Rome.
The show puts a leading AI safety researcher at the center of one of the year’s most-watched ethical debates. For Anthropic, it links Ula’s work to a global conversation about AI regulation that now includes the Catholic Church.
The event also raises new questions about… General reliance on artificial intelligence tools such as Cloud.
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