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Why the Vatican Invited Anthropic to the Pope’s AI Encyclical Presentation
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The Vatican hosted a presentation of the Pope’s AI-focused encyclical, inviting Anthropic and its co-founder Christopher Olah to speak from the Vatican stage. In his remarks, Olah emphasized that artificial intelligence cannot be reliably steered by AI labs alone, echoing the encyclical’s description of AI’s inherent unpredictability and suggesting Anthropic’s influence on the document.
Written from all 3 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- The Next Web·From the Vatican stage, Anthropic’s Chris Olah says AI cannot be steered by AI labs alone
- TechMeme·A section of the Pope's encyclical describing AI's unpredictability suggests influence from Anthropic, whose co-founder Christopher Olah attended the unveiling (Washington Post)
- Wired·Why the Vatican Invited Anthropic to the Pope’s AI Encyclical Presentation
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