Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical identifies AI development as a significant threat to human dignity. Critics argue the Pope did not go far enough in questioning the fundamental purpose and design of this technology.

<p>Pope Leo XIV has made waves with his first encyclical, in which he describes the development and deployment of new AI tools as a profound threat to human dignity. If anything, he has not gone far enough in pressing the question of what the technology is being designed to do.</p>