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World Service,25 May 2026,26 mins

Pope Leo says AI must be “disarmed”

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Pope Leo has warned that artificial intelligence poses potentially existential risks to humanity and should not be used to concentrate power in the hands of just a few people. Oil prices have fallen sharply on hopes of a deal that could bring an end to the US-Israel war with Iran. And the Italian luxury car giant Ferrari has launched its first ever ever fully electric vehicle called Luce, with a price tag of almost 600,000 dollars. So what does this mean for the electric car market? (Picture: "Pope Leo XIV presents his first encyclical letter 'Magnifica humanitas', Vatican City, Vatican City State Holy See - 25 May 2026", Credit: EPA/Shutterstock)

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