Linkpost: New Vatican Encyclical on AI Governance

Published on May 25, 2026 3:35 PM GMT Pope Leo XIV has released a new, 42k-word encyclical laying out the Vatican's position on many AI safety topics.  You can read the full thing here , or read the vatican's press release here , or coverage in the NY Times, or perhaps consider having an LLM read the whole encyclical, then chatting about whatever specifics you're interested in! Below is a portion of the NY Times story on the event: Leo’s declaration outlined his desire to protect human dignity a