Pope Leo XIV called for fighting against the dominance of artificial intelligence (AI) in his first encyclical published this Monday, a document that also denounces “dehumanization” and the concept of “just war.”

The 130-page text, called Magnifica Humanitas (magnificent humanity), addresses a multitude of issues, such as the Church's delay in condemning slavery or the impact of AI on the environment.

“We cannot consider AI as morally neutral,” indicates the Supreme Pontiff, who asks to “disarm” this technology to “prevent it from dominating humanity.”

The Pope also denounces that the control of platforms, infrastructure and data “is not the prerogative of the States, but of large economic and technological actors who in fact determine the conditions of access.”

Likewise, it criticizes “new forms of slavery” to extract the resources necessary for AI and calls for more sustainable technological solutions “to reduce the impact on the environment and take care of our common home.”

“In some regions of the world, adolescents and children work in dangerous conditions crushing the materials from which rare earths are obtained,” a group of metals essential for modern technology, he warned.