Pope Leo XIV Says AI Agents Should Not Get Legal Rights
Pope Leo XIV said on Friday that artificial intelligence agents should not be given legal personhood or rights. He argued that the people who create AI should remain responsible for what those systems do. The message adds a moral voice to a growing debate over who is accountable when AI acts on its own.
Quick glossaryPope Leo XIV, legal personhood, AI agents
- Pope Leo XIV
- The head of the Catholic Church, based in Vatican City, who leads more than a billion followers worldwide.
- legal personhood
- The legal status that lets a non-human entity, such as a company, be treated as a person that can own things and be sued.
- AI agents
- Software that can carry out tasks on its own, such as booking, searching or writing code, with little step-by-step human input.
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