Top Priority for Pope Leo: Warn the World of the A.I. Threat

The parishioners at St. Matthias Schöneberg Church in Berlin worry about artificial intelligence.

Congregants fret that their children are finding false information on chatbots or social media. Teachers at the parish school regularly monitor for A.I.-enabled cheating. And in this parish of 12,000 Catholics from more than 100 countries, those who make a living as interpreters fear their jobs will soon be obsolete.

Now, they have an ally in the new pope.

Less than a week into the role, Leo XIV…