Pope Francis has accepted his call for the Group of Seven industrialized countries to develop and use artificial intelligence in accordance with a code of ethics.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced on Friday that President Francis has accepted an invitation to attend the G7 summit in Puglia in June. The Vatican confirmed the news.
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Meloni, who currently chairs the G7, will host a summit of the leaders of the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the United States from June 13 to 15.
In a video statement Friday, Meloni said Francis will be the first pope to attend a G7 summit and will take part in a session on artificial intelligence.
Pope Francis will arrive in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on Thursday, April 25, 2024, and have an audience with pilgrims and believers from Azione Cattolica (Catholic Action). (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
“I am convinced that the presence of the Pope will make a decisive contribution to defining the regulatory, ethical and cultural framework for artificial intelligence,” Meloni said.
Francis called for an international treaty to ensure the development and ethical use of AI, and dedicated this year’s annual peace message to the theme.
Artificial intelligence has captured the world’s attention thanks to advances made by cutting-edge systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which has wowed users with its ability to create human-like text, photos, and songs. But the technology also raises concerns about the risks that rapidly evolving technology poses to jobs, privacy, copyright protection, and even human life itself.
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The Vatican’s bioethics think tank, the Pontifical Academy of Life, is also collaborating with Cisco Systems on a campaign to get major technology companies, academic institutions, and non-governmental organizations to pledge to a set of standards in the ethical development and use of AI. is leading. This week’s latest signees.
At the just-concluded G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held on the Italian island of Capri over the weekend, ministers warned of the cybersecurity risks posed by AI, saying, recognized the importance of advancing efforts to ensure that -Base. ”
