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In an interview with Vatican News, Bill Gates said AI must be guided by governments rather than self-regulated, and praised Magnifica humanitas for urging that what is human be actively preserved.

The Diocese of Rome and four Catholic universities have begun a series of public dialogues applying Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica humanitas to artificial intelligence.

A new OECD policy brief, published on 15 October 2026, recommends clearer notice, finer opt-out controls and privacy safeguards for chatbot data and web scraping used in AI training.

Speaking in Madrid on Magnifica Humanitas, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández called for a vision in which AI and humanity work in harmony for human dignity and the common good.