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news Project Syndicate 2026-05-26

Pope's Role in AI Regulation Amidst Global Challenges

Artificial intelligence presents both opportunities and risks. The Pope's influence, alongside large asset owners, may be crucial in establishing necessary global constraints where governments falter.


<p>Artificial intelligence may be humanity’s greatest opportunity and risk. Where moral leaders have too little influence and states cannot align, actors with system-wide exposure and cross-border reach—in other words, large asset owners—become the only entities capable of imposing needed constraints at scale.</p>

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