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Pope Leo warns against AI and says technology ‘must remain at service of humans’ during first visit to France – as it happened

He is then expected to go on a stroll through the streets of Paris, before going to the restored Notre Dame Cathedral.

Pope Leo warns against AI and says technology ‘must remain at service of humans’ during first visit to France – as it happened

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He is then expected to go on a stroll through the streets of Paris, before going to the restored Notre Dame Cathedral.

The pope gives landmark speech on AI development and Europe's future Later today, Pope Leo will go to the Élysée Palace for (another) formal welcome and a meeting with authorities, civil society and the...

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He is then expected to go on a stroll through the streets of Paris, before going to the restored Notre Dame Cathedral. The pope gives landmark speech on AI development and Europe's future Later today, Pope Leo will go to the Élysée Palace for (another) formal welcome and a meeting with authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps, before visiting Unesco and delivering a speech on AI in mid-afternoon.

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The pope gives landmark speech on AI development and Europe's future Later today, Pope Leo will go to the Élysée Palace for (another) formal welcome and a meeting with authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps, before visiting Unesco and delivering a speech on AI in mid-afternoon.

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