It is not only on the stock markets where concerns over the health and direction of AI are beginning to soar.
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Use AI Responsibly
Doubts over its impact are also being heard in the walls of the Vatican, particularly when it comes to the safety and security of the young. Addressing around 15,000 U.S. youngsters in a video session today, Pope Leo XIV said that AI is “becoming one of the defining features of our time.”
“Using AI responsibly means using it in ways that help you grow,” said the Pope. “Don’t ask it to do your homework for you.”
It builds on comments earlier this month when the Pope said that the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence online and in schools needed stronger government-enforced safeguards, education in the critical use of media and more consistent monitoring by parents and teachers.
“Children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to manipulation through AI algorithms that can influence their decisions and preferences,” the Pope said. He added that the use of AI “raises important ethical questions, especially concerning the protection of the dignity and wellbeing of minors.”
Update Data Protection
“Governments and international organizations have a responsibility to design and implement policies that protect the dignity of minors in this era of AI,” he said. “That includes updating existing data protection laws to address new challenges posed by emerging technologies, and promoting ethical standards for the development and the use of AI.”
He said that the Church was not opposed to AI but that people must ensure that it “serves as an ally, not a threat.”
Regulators have already been clamping down on big tech over children’s safety issues. In September the Federal Trade Commission in the U.S. issued orders to seven companies that provide consumer-facing AI-powered chatbots seeking information on how they measure, test, and monitor potentially negative impacts of this technology on children and teens.
The companies included Meta (META), OpenAI and Alphabet (GOOGL)-owned Google.
The EU has also launched an investigation into what Apple (AAPL), Alphabet, and Snapchat (SNAP) are doing to protect children from online harm.
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