{"id":2944,"date":"2026-05-27T04:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/did-the-pope-use-ai-to-write-about-the-dangers-of-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T04:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:38:11","slug":"did-the-pope-use-ai-to-write-about-the-dangers-of-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/did-the-pope-use-ai-to-write-about-the-dangers-of-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the Pope use AI to write about the dangers of AI?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/gettyimages-2278118480.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">It&rsquo;s possible that AI was used to write parts of Pope Leo XIV&rsquo;s latest encyclical about AI&rsquo;s impact on humanity. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesswrong.com\/posts\/wRNJZz2iYrfDaSDdz\/claude-author-of-the-humanitas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis<\/a> by Linch Zhang posted on the forum LessWrong found certain paragraphs of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Magnifica Humanitas<\/em><\/a> to be between 40 percent and 100 percent written by AI, according to the popular AI detector Pangram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The document includes known traits that appear in AI-generated writing, such as a higher use of the word \u00ab\u00a0genuinely\u00a0\u00bb &#8211; which crops up in writing by Anthropic&rsquo;s Claude &#8211; than previous encyclicals, Zhang says. Another person ran the text of the document section by section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesswrong.com\/posts\/GbWwesBnetyiomxEH\/many-portions-of-magnifica-humanitas-appear-to-be-ai-written\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">through Pangram<\/a>, finding that 62 percent of its first cha \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/937801\/pope-leo-xiv-magnifica-humanitas-ai-pangram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&rsquo;s possible that AI was used to write parts of Pope Leo XIV&rsquo;s latest encyclical about AI&rsquo;s impact on humanity. 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