Pope Francis urges G7 not to lose control of AI in historic speech
Pope Francis has warned world leaders that artificial intelligence (AI) must never be allowed to gain the upper hand on humanity as he became the first pontiff to address the G7.
After being wheeled around the huge oval table where the world’s top leaders had convened in southern Italy, the 87-year-old said AI represented an “epochal transformation” for mankind, one that could inspire excitement but, equally, cause “greater injustice”.
He then implored the politicians around him, humanity, to “ensure and safeguard a space for proper human control” over the supercomputers.
