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Pope Leo XIV Publishes First AI Encyclical. Anthropic's Christopher Olah Speaks at Vatican Launch.

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Pope Leo XIV released "Magnifica Humanitas" today, centered on human dignity in the age of AI. Christopher Olah, Anthropic co-founder and head of interpretability research, spoke at the Synod Hall launch event. First time an AI company co-founder has spoken at a papal encyclical launch. The Vatican is positioning itself as a direct interlocutor with frontier AI labs.

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