Pope Leo XIV lays out vision of papacy and identifies AI as challenge for humanity

Pope Leo XIV identified AI as a a threat to humanity. Picture: Vatican Media via AP

Pope Leo XIV has laid out the vision of his papacy, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity and vowing to continue with some of the core priorities of Pope Francis.

But in a sign he was making the papacy very much his own, Leo made his first outing since his election to a sanctuary south of Rome that is dedicated to the Madonna and is of particular significance to his Augustinian order.