BERLIN — Pope Leo XIV’s cardinal who heads the Vatican’s Commission on Artificial Intelligence has admitted he doesn’t use AI — despite being four months into a job intended to engage the Church with the AI revolution. Cardinal Michael Czerny was talking to host Anne McElvoy on the Brussels Playbook Week Ender podcast, and when asked whether he uses AI in his work, he replied: “No, not yet. I just haven’t had the time.” Pope Leo appointed the Czech-born Canadian cardinal in May to chair the Vatican’s Inter-Dicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence, aligning the various administrative offices of the Vatican to study the impact of machine learning on humanity.
Pressed on whether he had any principled objection to the technology, he declared, “I’m quite willing and happy to learn,” he added. Paolo Benanti, the Vatican’s adviser on AI, attended a meeting of tech executives convened by King Charles III in Scotland last week to discuss the opportunities and risks surrounding the technology. Anne McElvoy is a Global Reporter for the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network.
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