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Pope Leo Calls for AI to Be Disarmed

Pope Leo XIV said AI systems should be disarmed and that humans must keep the responsibility to guide, change, or reject how they are used. In a papal address on Friday, he urged UN member states to take concrete steps toward banning deadly AI weapons, saying machines are tools, not persons.

Quick glossaryPope Leo XIV, papal address
Pope Leo XIV
Leader of the Catholic Church, based at the Vatican in Rome, who speaks on global moral issues.
papal address
A formal speech given by the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church, to the public or world leaders.
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