The leader of the Catholic Church spoke at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on Friday to advocate for the regulation of artificial intelligence. Pope Leo XIV called for the creation of ethics-based guardrails to ensure that the proliferation of autonomous tools does not erode the core values of the human experience.

He warned against the danger of people forfeiting their nature within a "paradise of machines" that he said now invade and condition daily life. The address highlighted the necessity of maintaining human agency as digital technology becomes increasingly integrated into global society.