The Pope's Warning on AI: A Call to Safeguard Humanity

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Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas warns against the misuse of AI, emphasizing its potential to exacerbate economic inequality and undermine human dignity, while distinguishing what it means to be human from AI capabilities.

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