Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah speaks at Vatican AI encyclical event
Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah spoke at the Vatican alongside Pope Leo XIV at the presentation of the Pope's first encyclical on artificial intelligence. Olah argued that AI development cannot be left solely to tech companies and requires oversight from religious leaders, governments, and civil society. The event highlighted tensions between AI labs and the Trump administration over military use of AI.
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Coverage splits between Trump administration conflict and institutional oversight versus credibility dismissals, now joined by Vatican-washing skepticism—questioning whether Anthropic's papal alliance masks corporate interests.
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“Anthropic aligns with Vatican over White House as Pope Leo stokes AI fears”WP Washington Post LEFT
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“Vatican taps ‘atheist’ Anthropic cofounder to speak at AI event as tensions with Trump White House rise”NYP NY Post RIGHT
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“Anthropic's Olah says AI must be guided from outside Big Tech” · Reuters
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