{
  "id": 10664405,
  "title": "Pope Leo XIV rebukes Jensen Huang for downplaying AI risks, saying \"the concerns raised by many of the experts, specialists in AI, should be taken seriously\" (Michael Acton/Financial Times)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/pope-leo-xiv-rebukes-jensen-huang-for-downplaying-ai-risks-saying-the",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-29T10:10:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.ft.com/content/5c627794-766b-49db-ab96-7532731e7084"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pope Leo XIV has rebuked Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, for downplaying the risks associated with artificial intelligence. The Pope stated that concerns raised by experts in the field should be taken seriously, saying \"I do think that the concerns raised by many of the experts, specialists in AI, should be taken seriously... I don't think that that is fake news, as some have said.\" This apparent rebuke comes after Huang and US President Donald Trump expressed skepticism about AI safety concerns.\n\nAccording to the Financial Times, the Pope's comments were a rare intervention from the head of the Catholic Church. The Pope's statement was made on his flight back to Rome after a four-day trip to France.\n\nJensen Huang had proposed a new software platform to address concerns that AI agents could \"go rogue\" and operate outside human control, but also expressed skepticism about the need for guardrails on AI technology. The US and China have been urged to improve communication and collaboration on AI risks.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Pope Leo says concerns about AI doom scenarios are not ‘fake news’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/pope-leo-says-concerns-about-ai-doom-scenarios-are-not-fake-news",
        "published": "2026-09-29T03:39:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Pope Leo says AI risk concerns not ‘fake news’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/pope-leo-says-ai-risk-concerns-not-fake-news",
        "published": "2026-09-29T04:51:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}