Published May 25, 2026 at 3:09 PM
TechCrunch
May 26, 2026, 6:00 AM
The pope’s AI encyclical isn’t really about AI
Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical uses AI as a lens to diagnose older problems: concentrated power, eroding democracy, and a tech elite that shapes the world to its own advantage.
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