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This week so far
The ten the newsletter would send if it went out now: the most relevant items of the last seven days, ranked higher when other reports cover the same names, at most two from one source.
European Bishops: Common good must guide technological innovation
Why it is here: Highly relevant; 36 other reports cover the same names
Cardeal Parolin: que o direito governe a IA, eliminando as desigualdades
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, opened five days of events marking 150 years of the Gregorian University's canon law faculty by reflecting on chapter five of Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica humanitas on the culture of power and the civilization of love. He argued that law must govern artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure to remove inequalities, warning that technology is not neutral and that delegating legal decisions to algorithms would empty law of substantive justice.
Why it is here: Highly relevant; 35 other reports cover the same names
EU bishops set out 8 principles to keep AI ‘at the service of the human person’
Why it is here: Highly relevant; 35 other reports cover the same names
EU Bishops: AI must not reduce the human person to data
Why it is here: Highly relevant; 35 other reports cover the same names
Parolin: Recht muss KI steuern und Ungleichheiten abbauen
Cardinal Pietro Parolin argued, referencing Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical "Magnifica humanitas", that technological innovation is not neutral and that law must regulate AI, protect human dignity, and reduce inequality. He warned that private tech companies are gaining power while states lose steering capacity, and urged jurists and diplomats to pursue dialogue, victim-centred perspectives, and realism in conflict prevention, including moving beyond the just war theory.
Why it is here: Highly relevant; 34 other reports cover the same names
Comece, "A inteligência artificial deve permanecer um instrumento a serviço da pessoa humana"
Why it is here: Highly relevant; 34 other reports cover the same names
Kard. Parolin: AI może służyć dobru, ale i pogłębiać nierówności
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, said at the opening of a five-day jubilee event on 20 October that AI and other technologies are not neutral and can either deepen inequality or promote justice. Citing Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica humanitas, he warned about private, transnational control of technology, algorithmic decision-making in law, and automated warfare, and called for regulation of AI.
Why it is here: Highly relevant; 33 other reports cover the same names
Parolin: El derecho debe regir la IA eliminando las desigualdades
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, gave an opening speech at the Pontifical university on the fifth chapter of Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, which addresses the "culture of power" and the "civilization of love." He argued that law must govern artificial intelligence and technology to remove inequalities, that developers bear an ethical and spiritual responsibility, and that technological power is increasingly private and hard to govern.
Why it is here: Highly relevant; 33 other reports cover the same names
Le cardinal Parolin demande que l'IA soit régie par le droit
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, opened five days of events marking the 150th anniversary of the Pontifical Gregorian University's Faculty of Canon Law by reflecting on chapter five of Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica humanitas. He argued that law must govern artificial intelligence and digital power, insisting that algorithms and tech developers bear an ethical and spiritual responsibility to serve the common good and justice.
Why it is here: Highly relevant; 33 other reports cover the same names
Parolin: il diritto governi l’IA eliminando le disuguaglianze
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, opened the 150th-anniversary events of the Pontifical Gregorian University's canon law faculty by reflecting on chapter five of Leo XIV's first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas. He argued that law must govern AI and digital power so as to reduce inequality, warning that technologies are not neutral and that private actors now wield outsized power. He also called for moving beyond the "just war" theory.
Why it is here: Highly relevant; 33 other reports cover the same names