Business Latest | Why the Vatican Invited Anthropic to the Pope’s AI Encyclical Presentation by Daniele Polidoro
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When Pope Leo XIV unveiled his first AI‑focused encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” he invited Christopher Olah, a leading Anthropic researcher, to speak—signaling an unprecedented partnership between the Vatican and Silicon Valley. Anthropic, founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers, has built its reputation on AI safety and “Constitutional AI,” embedding ethical principles directly into model behavior. This alignment with the Church stems from the Vatican’s evolving role from a moral observer to an active interlocutor in tech, exemplified by the 2020 Rome Call for AI Ethics and its growing concerns over AI’s societal impact, concentration of power in a handful of private actors, and the risk of a “digital Babylon” or “Hiroshima of the 21st century.” Both the encyclical and Anthropic stress that artificial intelligence is not neutral; it reflects the values of its creators and must be governed through shared ethical frameworks rather than left to industry self‑regulation alone.
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