Pope Leo Takes Aim at Big Tech in Sweeping Encyclical on AI
Pope Leo XIV in his first encyclical, took aim at big tech. The Pope warns that artificial intelligence poses impact to inequality, democracy, and what it means to be human.
"This is a landmark opportunity for the world to look at a new technology and really think about what it is for," said Brian Patrick Green, director of technology ethics at Santa Clara University's Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.
Brian Green, director, technology ethics, quoted by NPR.
May 26, 2026