https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/pope-leo-calls-for-the-disarmament-of-ai-machines-are-tools-not-personsContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/pope-leo-calls-for-the-disarmament-of-ai-machines-are-tools-not-personshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/pope-leo-calls-for-the-disarmament-of-ai-machines-are-tools-not-persons#u177000Thu, 05 Nov 2026 08:21:13 +0000Pope Leo XIV urged United Nations member states to ban lethal autonomous weapons and demanded that artificial intelligence systems remain strictly under human control. Addressing a Vatican meeting organized by the Pontifical Academy for Life, the pontiff emphasized that artificial intelligence instruments can never be recognized as persons or conscious beings. He warned against granting legal personality or rights to technology, stressing that decisions impacting human life and the use of force must never be delegated to machines.Why it mattersThe papal address highlights intensifying global c