Pope Leo calls to 'disarm' AI and urges UN to ban lethal autonomous weapons
The Verge AI · rss · 2026-10-30
In a Papal Address, Pope Leo XIV urged that AI systems be 'disarmed,' saying 'machines are tools, not persons,' and called on UN member states to 'take concrete steps toward banning lethal autonomous weapons' at their Geneva meeting next month. The address extends themes from his May encyclical on safeguarding the human person in the age of AI.
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