Pope Leo and Anthropic's co-founder will launch the pontiff's first encyclical on May 25, addressing human dignity in the age of AI. The Vatican's collaboration with the AI company signals a key stance on the technology.

Pope Leo and the co-founder of artificial intelligence company Anthropic will launch the pontiff’s first encyclical on May 25, a document on the care of human dignity in the era of AI, the Vatican said on Monday. An encyclical is an official letter from the pope to Roman Catholic bishops, usually to make a statement on official teachings. The presence of Anthropic’s Christopher Olah at the Vatican is significant, and suggests that the US pope’s position on AI will become a new flashpoint with...