Vatican Holds a Conference with International Experts on AI

In what is undoubtedly a follow-up to the recent encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, of Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican will be holding a conference on July 14-16 at the Pontifical Gardens of Castel Gandolfo, hosting 30 Nobel laureates, former heads of state and government; 20 leading experts in artificial intelligence, including representatives from OpenAI, Google, DeepMind, AARU and Anthropic; and 30 of the most prominent universities and research institutions. They will be discussing AI, as well as the dangerous situation facing the world in the political arena. The participants are expected to adopt a Rome Declaration for a Disarmed and Disarming Peace in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear and Autonomous Weapons, New Digital Protocols and Emerging Models of Digital Development.