New York Post
By Anthony Blair
Published May 25, 2026
Updated May 25, 2026, 3:22 p.m. ET
Pope Leo XIV on Monday issued a dire warning about the threat of “anti-human” AI in the first major theological document of his papacy — saying humanity is constructing a disastrous prideful Tower of Babel.
The first American pontiff used his encyclical — an official open letter from the pope to the Catholic Church — to call for the use of artificial intelligence in warfare to be subject to “the most rigorous ethical restraints,” warning that technology is fueling global conflicts.
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