Pope Leo XIV speaks out against granting AI legal personhood
10/31/2026 — 10/31, 02:18·1 sources (all)·1 reports (all)
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- Pope Leo XIV said on X that AI must not be granted legal personhood, arguing that machines are tools rather than persons and that such a ste…
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On October 31, 2026, Pope Leo XIV published a lengthy thread on X, formerly Twitter, speaking out against granting AI legal personhood. In the thread he stated that machines are tools, not persons, and criticized calls to grant AI models rights through a process of legal personhood. Such a step would effectively make AI systems count as human in the eyes of the law, he argued. Pope Leo XIV warned that this could shift accountability for AI-enabled harm or abuse away from the humans who actually build and use AI systems. He added that the future of Artificial Intelligence is not pre-determined; as a technology developed by human beings, its future depends on people, who should guide it, change it, and, if necessary, refuse its applications. So far the matter rests at his statement on X, with no further developments reported.
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Futurism reports that Pope Leo XIV posted on X that machines are tools, not persons, rejecting calls to grant AI legal personhood. The remarks came in a lengthy thread; he warned such a move could obscure human responsibility for AI-related harm and said AI's future depends on human choices.
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