
Amid doomsaying on AI, Leo XIV looks before – and beyond – regulation
Almost everyone sees the need for regulation of AI development, but there is next to no agreement on anything other than that.
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Almost everyone sees the need for regulation of AI development, but there is next to no agreement on anything other than that.

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A Vatican document approved by Pope Leo XIV quotes Pope Benedict's Regensburg speech which was attacked by Muslims.
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