POPE LEO WARNS OF AI THREAT TO HUMANITY
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Pope Leo has issued a stark warning about artificial intelligence during the opening of a three-day visit to France, his first official papal trip to the country in 18 years. The pontiff called for urgent ethical education to prevent humanity from being lost in a "paradise of machines."
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