Pope Francis takes its call for the development and use of artificial intelligence along ethical lines to the Group of 7 industrialized countries.
Giorgia Meloni, Italian Prime Minister announced Friday that Francis had accepted his invitation to attend the G7 summit in Puglia in June. The Vatican confirmed the news.
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Meloni, who currently leads the G7, is hosting the June 13-15 summit of leaders from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the United States.
In a video statement Friday, Meloni said Francis would be the first pontiff to attend a G7 summit and would participate in the session focused on artificial intelligence.
Pope Francis arrives for an audience with pilgrims and faithful of Azione Cattolica (Catholic Action) in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
“I am convinced that the presence of His Holiness will make a decisive contribution to defining a regulatory, ethical and cultural framework for artificial intelligence,” Meloni said.
Francis has called for an international treaty to ensure AI is developed and used ethically and dedicated his annual peace message this year to the subject.
Artificial intelligence has attracted worldwide attention thanks to advancements in cutting-edge systems like OpenAI ChatGPT who have dazzled users with their ability to produce human-like texts, photos and songs. But the technology has also sparked fears about the risks this rapidly developing technology poses to employment, privacy and copyright protections and even human life itself.
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The Vatican’s bioethics think tank, the Pontifical Academy for Life, has also led a campaign to get big tech companies, academic institutions and non-governmental organizations to commit to a set of bioethics standards. of ethical development and use of AI, with Cisco Systems. the latest signatory this week.
At the recent G7 foreign ministers meeting held this past weekend in Capri, Italy, ministers flagged the cybersecurity risks posed by AI and recognized “the importance of advance our efforts to ensure safe, secure and trustworthy AI that is human-centered and human rights-centered.” -base.”
