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1 of 4 | Pope Francis (C) will be nan upcoming G7 convention successful Italy, a convention dedicated to artificial intelligence, wherever he is expected to speak astir nan value of morals successful nan burgeoning world of AI. File Photo by Stefano Spaziani/UPI | License Photo
April 27 (UPI) -- Pope Francis will be nan upcoming G7 convention successful Italy, a convention dedicated to artificial intelligence, wherever he will speak astir nan value of morals successful nan burgeoning world of AI, nan Vatican says.
Francis will service arsenic an intervener astatine nan G7 summit, which is group to return spot successful Borgo Egnazia successful Italy's confederate Puglia region betwixt June 13 and 15, nan Vatican confirmed successful a connection Friday.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pre-empted nan Vatican statement, publically confirming Francis' attendance successful a video connection issued Friday.
"Pope Francis will return portion successful nan activity of nan G7 precisely successful nan convention devoted to Artificial Intelligence," she said.
Francis will go nan first pope successful history to be a G7 summit.
The 87-year-old has agelong been an advocator for ethical AI. Last December, nan pope called for a binding world pact regulating artificial intelligence's improvement and advancement, informing it could lead to a "technological dictatorship" if near unchecked.
In 2020, nan Pontifical Academy for Life signed connected arsenic a statement to the Rome Call for AI Ethics of 2020, on pinch awesome tech players Microsoft and IBM. The Italian government's extremity is to beforehand an ethical attack to artificial intelligence.
"The G7 will look what many, and not wrongly, judge to beryllium nan top anthropological situation of this era, namely nan advent of artificial intelligence, a exertion that tin make awesome opportunities but which besides brings pinch it tremendous benefits. risks, arsenic good arsenic inevitably affecting world balances," Meloni said successful nan video statement.
"It is simply a situation that nary of america tin deliberation of facing unsocial and I judge that it is basal to valorize nan champion of nan ethical and intelligence reflection that is processing successful this area," she added. "I heartily convey nan Holy Father for having accepted Italy's invitation. His beingness gives prestige to our nation, to nan full G7."
