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Pope Leo XIV Rejects AI Avatar for Virtual Papal Audiences


Pope Leo XIV declined to authorize an AI avatar that would have provided virtual papal audiences to Catholics worldwide. The first American pontiff rejected the proposal during an interview with papal biographer Elise Allen. "Someone recently asked authorization to create an artificial me so that an...

Pope Leo XIV declined to authorize an AI avatar that would have provided virtual papal audiences to Catholics worldwide. These concerns influenced his papal name choice, taking inspiration from Pope Leo XIII, who authored Rerum novarum addressing workers' rights during the Industrial Revolution. Leo XIV maintained he isn't opposed to technological innovation but believes links between faith, humanity, and science must be preserved.

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