Pope Leo XIV urges AI to be ‘Disarmed’ in first major teaching #popeleoxiv #artificialintelligence

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]Artificial intelligence needs to be disarmed.

[00:00:05]The word is strong, I know, but deliberately chosen because this moment needs words capable of attracting attention, awakening consciences, and indicating paths forward for humanity.

[00:00:21]The church has long been working for nuclear disarmament, aware that every great technical power can affect people's lives, and so must be accompanied by adequate moral discernment and public control.

[00:00:35]Nuclear disarmament remains a service to peace and the dignity of the human family.

[00:00:41]In a similar sense, artificial intelligence now demands to be disarmed, freed from logics that turn it into an instrument of domination, exclusion, and death.

[00:00:56]Like nuclear energy, it must be at the service of all and of the common good.

[00:01:02]Decisions about technology must never be separated from conscience and responsibility.

[00:01:09]Let us not sleep as others do, admonished the Apostle Paul, but let us keep awake.

[00:01:16]Such vigilance is necessary today.