Pope Francis warns of AI's concentrated power and potential harms

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-05-25 13:12

Pope Francis has issued a warning about the dangers of concentrated technological power, particularly concerning artificial intelligence. He expressed concerns that such power, held by a few entities, can become opaque, evade oversight, and lead to increased dependencies, exclusions, manipulations, and inequalities. AI

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"When such power is concentrated in the hands of a few, it tends to become opaque and evade public oversight, [giving] rise to new dependencies, exclusions, man

"When such power is concentrated in the hands of a few, it tends to become opaque and evade public oversight, [giving] rise to new dependencies, exclusions, manipulations and inequalities." # AI https:// werd.io/the-pope-used-his-firs t-encyclical-to-warn-about-tech-centralizatio…

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"When such power is concentrated in the hands of a few, it tends to become opaque and evade public oversight, [giving] rise to new dependencies, exclusions, man

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