Pope Leo's first encyclical will address AI and 'magnificent humanity'

from Weekend Edition Sunday · host Ayesha Rascoe

Pope Leo plans to release an encyclical on "safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to University of Notre Dame professor Meghan Sullivan.

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