Why the Vatican Invited Anthropic to the Pope’s AI Encyclical Presentation

The Vatican invited Anthropic cofounder Christopher Olah to Pope Leo XIV’s first AI encyclical event.

The move reflects a broader Vatican strategy to engage AI firms on ethics, shaped by the 2020 Rome Call for AI Ethics.

Anthropic is a natural fit for that dialogue because it emphasizes AI safety, Constitutional AI, and model interpretability.

The article says the Vatican views AI as more than a tech policy issue — it is also about human governance and the future.