Pope Leo says AI must be 'disarmed' in first major teaching
Pope Leo says AI must be 'disarmed' in first major teaching (bbc); Pope Leo warns AI must be “disarmed” in landmark encyclical (france24)
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5 bills on this issue are moving right now — and the most active one is Artificial Intelligence Risk Evaluation Act of 2025.
S2938 · 119th Congress
Artificial Intelligence Risk Evaluation Act of 2025
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This story is about 5 ways Pope Leo says AI would warp humanity. This bill would humanity: Require creation of an “Advanced Artificial Intelligence Evaluation Program” (via DOE) to evaluate advanced AI systems.
If passed, it would:
- Require creation of an “Advanced Artificial Intelligence Evaluation Program” (via DOE) to evaluate advanced AI systems • Provide Congress with a policy hook to condition future deployment/critical-infrastructure uses on safety evaluation.
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This story is about 5 ways Pope Leo says AI would warp humanity. This bill would humanity: Require DHS (with ODNI) to submit recurring assessments to Congress on generative-AI-enabled terrorism threats.
If passed, it would
- Require DHS (with ODNI) to submit recurring assessments to Congress on generative-AI-enabled terrorism threats • Create a recurring oversight loop that would drive follow-on guardrails and resourcing decisions.
This story is about 5 ways Pope Leo says AI would warp humanity. This bill would humanity: Require covered online platforms to disclose policies and provide options relating to personalized recommendation systems for mino.
If passed, it would
- Require covered online platforms to disclose policies and provide options relating to personalized recommendation • Increase parental/minor ability to avoid or limit personalization-driven amplification loops.
This story is about 5 ways Pope Leo says AI would warp humanity. This bill would stand up federal processes to forecast AI-driven workforce impacts and feed that information into training/workforce.
If passed, it would
- Stand up federal processes to forecast AI-driven workforce impacts and feed that information into training/workforce • Improve evidence for worker transition policy decisions (what jobs/tasks are most affected.
This story is about 5 ways Pope Leo says AI would warp humanity. This bill would A major “warp humanity” risk is unaccountable automated decision systems (employment, housing, credit, content ranking); this bill would cre.
If passed, it would
- Direct the FTC to require impact assessments for automated decision systems/augmented critical decision processes • Increase transparency and documentation around harms, bias, safety failures, and mitigation steps.