Pope Leo XIV cited J.R.R. Tolkien in his first encyclical, "Magnifica humanitas," released Monday, using the Catholic author's work to critique the motives of tech billionaires developing artificial i…
Pope Leo XIV quoted Gandalf from J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Lord of the Rings* in his new encyclical on AI and technology, marking the first time a fictional character has been cited in a major papal docum…
Pope Leo XIV released a 42,000-word encyclical Monday warning that artificial intelligence, while surpassing human speed and capacity, merely imitates human intelligence and lacks traits like love, co…
Pope Leo XIV has incorporated a quote from J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" into his first encyclical, *Magnifica Humanitas*, marking the first time a work of fantasy fiction has been cited in…
A new analysis argues that Peter Thiel's military-AI companies Palantir and Anduril, named after artifacts from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth, fundamentally contradict the author's ethical framework. …