During a call with Pope Leo XIV, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reaffirmed Italy’s collaboration with the Holy See on ethical, human-centred AI, building on initiatives from the 2024 G7 and Pope Francis’s “Rome Call for AI Ethics”
AI ethics dialogue. In a call on Thursday with Pope Leo XIV, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni renewed Italy’s commitment to collaborate with the Holy See on ethical, human-centred artificial intelligence.
- This pledge underscores Rome’s intent to ensure that AI advances serve humanity, not undermine its core values.
- AI ethics formed a cornerstone of Italy’s G7 presidency in 2024, Meloni underlined in a press statement.
Defending human dignity. Meloni also noted the new pontiff’s recent address to the College of Cardinals stressed the defence of human dignity, justice, and work in AI’s development.
- Thus, Italy and the Vatican are committed to shaping AI governance to protect vulnerable communities and workers.
Legacy of Pope Francis. At the G7 Summit in Puglia last June, Pope Francis joined a session on AI, championing “keeping humanity at the heart of society and the world,” Meloni recalled on 21 April, the day of his passing.
- His 2020 “Rome Call for AI Ethics,” backed by the Pontifical Academy for Life and technology partners including Microsoft, IBM and Cisco, set guiding principles for responsible AI.
- Last January at Davos, Francis issued a message calling for AI that “serves the common good, never violating human dignity for the sake of efficiency.
