AI BriefingPope, Anthropic to Unveil AI Encyclical
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Pope Leo XIV will publish his first encyclical, focused on protecting human dignity in the age of AI, together with an Anthropic co-founder on May 25.
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Pope Leo XIV will officially publish his first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas (Magnificent Humanity), on May 25. The entire encyclical addresses the theme of protecting human dignity in the age of artificial intelligence.
The encyclical's signing date is May 15, which coincides exactly with the 135th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII's 1891 encyclical Rerum novarum, which addressed the industrial revolution era. This signals that the Vatican is officially linking its AI policy to the Church's stance during the industrial revolution.
Notably, Christopher Olah will co-present the encyclical together with the Pope. Olah is a co-founder of Anthropic and leads its interpretability research, making him a leading researcher in the field of AI safety. It is unusual for a safety researcher from a major AI company to directly participate in the official presentation of a Vatican document.
Sources: Vatican News, PBS NewsHour
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