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Pope Leo XIV says AI must stay a tool, urges steps toward banning lethal autonomous weapons

Pope Leo XIV told a Vatican AI meeting that machines are tools, not persons, and urged states meeting in Geneva to move toward banning lethal autonomous weapons.

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Abstract illustration of dark, sharp steel-blue shards suspended above a pale geometric stone surface, held in place by a thin glowing gold line, with calm empty space to the right. — AI-generated image
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An abstract image for an address about keeping AI a tool and 'disarming' it: sharp steel-blue shards held still by a thin gold line, beside calm open space. It avoids people, religious figures and symbols, real weapons, logos and text, as the brief requires, and doesn't depict any real event.
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Abstract editorial illustration, wide 16:9 landscape. A pale stone-like geometric surface lit by soft warm light from above, with a single thin luminous thread of gold light running across it. On one side, a cluster of dark angular metallic shards, cold steel-blue and sharp, is held back and stilled, suspended in place by the thread of light, as if disarmed. On the other side, the surface is calm, open and bright. Minimal composition, generous negative space, muted ivory, slate and gold palette, subtle film grain, quiet and contemplative mood. Strictly no people, no faces, no hands, no human figures, no religious symbols or figures, no crosses, no buildings, no weapons that look like real guns or missiles, no logos, no text, no letters, no numbers, no readable writing.
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Headless Thrones visual summary: Pope Leo XIV says AI must stay a tool, urges steps toward banning lethal autonomous weapons. Pope Leo XIV told a Vatican AI meeting that machines are tools, not persons, and urged states meeting in Geneva to move toward banning lethal autonomous weapons. — **The story at a glance.**
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