#ethics

In his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV argues that artificial intelligence is reshaping power, labor, truth, and social life, and warns against the concentration of technological control in a small number of global actors

In his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV argues that artificial intelligence must be freed from systems of domination and redirected toward the common good.

An Anthropic co-founder used the launch of Pope Leo XIV’s AI encyclical to argue that modern models show signs of introspection, while the document itself stressed limits, regulation, and human responsibility.

Researchers are raising concerns that overly agreeable chatbot responses may reinforce a user’s viewpoint during interpersonal dilemmas, potentially influencing moral judgment and conflict resolution.

A bipartisan Senate proposal would bar public officials from placing prediction-market bets using nonpublic information, targeting a growing ethics and security gap around Polymarket and Kalshi.

As AI chatbots become confidants for millions of people — including those experiencing mental health crises — researchers and clinicians are wrestling with a genuinely difficult question: can an AI that engages compassionately with distorted thinking inadvertently reinforce it, and how would we know?

As regional conflict escalated following US and Israeli strikes on Iran, platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi allowed users to bet on the probability of nuclear weapon use in 2026, raising urgent ethical and regulatory questions about the financialization of catastrophe.

Kalshi and Polymarket are allowing users to bet millions on geopolitical events including the Iran conflict, raising ethical questions about profiting from war and death.