Pope Leo XIV Calls to “Disarm” AI, Urges Ban on Lethal Autonomous Weapons

Pope Leo XIV called for artificial intelligence to be "disarmed" and encouraged the states meeting in Geneva in November to take concrete steps toward banning lethal autonomous weapons, in an address delivered in the Hall of Popes on October 30, 2026. The audience gathered participants in "The Future of AI: A Dialogue Between the Vatican and the Scientific World on the Developments and Applications of Intelligent Technologies," a meeting organized jointly by the Pontifical Academy for Life and...