Vance: Pope’s AI warnings ‘profound’
“What I read of it sounds very profound, and the sort of thing that you would expect and hope from a leader of the church,” he said. The Pentagon announced in March that it reached agreements with eight companies — SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, Reflection, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services and Oracle — to “deploy their advanced AI capabilities” on its classified networks for lawful operational use. Central Command, also said in March that American forces have used AI tools to “make smarter decisions” during the war with Iran.
- ▪“What I read of it sounds very profound, and the sort of thing that you would expect and hope from a leader of the church,” he said.
- ▪The Pentagon announced in March that it reached agreements with eight companies — SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, Reflection, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services and Oracle — to “deploy their advanced AI capabilities” on its classified networks
- ▪Central Command, also said in March that American forces have used AI tools to “make smarter decisions” during the war with Iran.
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Technology Vance: Pope’s AI warnings ‘profound’ Comments: by Max Rego - 05/26/26 4:02 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Max Rego - 05/26/26 4:02 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Vice President Vance on Tuesday said that Pope Leo XIV’s warnings on the risks of AI were “profound.” The Vatican published the pontiff’s first encyclical, titled “Magnifica Humanitas,” on Monday. In the 42,000-word letter, the first American pope urged policymakers to address the widespread availability of AI with “clarity to establish adequate regulatory tools capable of upholding justice and curbing the distorting effects of technological power.” In a phone interview with NBC News, Vance said that he scanned “bits and pieces” of the encyclical.
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