AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoAI & Nuclear Risk: More than 200 Nobel laureates, scientists, diplomats, and religious leaders signed the Rome Declaration in Rome, urging a global treaty to ban AI from nuclear launch systems and calling for a coordinated slowdown of frontier AI development to prevent an AI-driven arms race. Vatican Policy Link: The push is framed as a response to Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, with participants stressing that life-and-death decisions must stay under human responsibility. Global Ethics Roundup: The Vatican-hosted summit at Borgo Laudato Si’ in Castel Gandolfo fed into the signing at Rome’s Capitoline Hill, where speakers warned that faster AI could compress human judgment during crises. Faith Meets Mental Health: In Metro Manila, a new exorcism training center under Vatican rules now requires psychological exams, aiming to distinguish trauma-driven distress from spiritual claims. Church Formation Watch: A new report flags a “startling disconnect” between seminary formation and psychological professionals, calling for better mental-health support for seminarians. Tech Governance: Google rejected claims that its AI search tools pose unacceptable risk to children, disputing a nonprofit’s test results.
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