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FOR PEOPLE

Benefits and downsides

The Pope warns of lost public control, machine decisions over human lives and poorer countries' dependence, while advocating expert-supported ethical governance.

FOR AI AND ITS OPERATORS

Benefits and downsides

AI capabilities and concentrated operator power expand; stronger ethical and public controls are called for.

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  1. The Pope says states struggle to control the concentration of artificial intelligence ↗MercoPress · 2026-08-28

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