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Pope Francis will be the first pontiff to address a G7 venue. He's raising the alarm about AI
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HOLD FOR STORY FILE - Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Francis is taking his call for artificial intelligence to be developed and used according to ethical lines to the Group of Seven nations’ meeting in Puglia. - photo by AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File
BARI, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis is no stranger to artificial intelligence — a deepfake photo of him in a white puffer jacket went viral last year — but his concerns about AI go far beyond an unflattering shot and are now taking center stage at the Group of Seven summit. Francis will address G7 leaders on Friday at their annual gathering in southern Italy — a first for a pope. He intends to use the occasion to join the chorus of countries and global bodies pushing for stronger guardrails on AI following the boom in generative artificial intelligence kickstarted by OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot.