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news El Sudcaliforniano 2026-05-22

Pope Leo XIV Warns AI Chatbots Threaten Human Connection

Pope Leo XIV has issued a warning about the detrimental effects of chatbots and AI, stating they exploit human needs for relationships. He believes these technologies are causing an "eclipse of the sense of what it means to be human."


El pontífice estadounidense destacó que debido a que los chatbots y otras tecnologías “explotan nuestra necesidad de relaciones humanas, estamos viviendo un eclipse del sentido de lo que significa ser humano”

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