Pope Francis has voiced support behind calls for regulation of AI.
pope With the annual World Peace Day message, artificial intelligence Safely developed and ethically used.
He warned that the technology lacks human values such as compassion and morality, and could blur the line between what is real and what is fake.
The Pope should know, considering he was the subject of some of the most infamous AI-generated images of 2023.
In March, he was photographed wearing a stylish down jacket, leaving social media in awe.
This surreal image created using the AI tool Midjourney was certainly too good to be true.
how Chat GPT Generating text content allows users to request images using a simple prompt.
The fake photo originated on Reddit and was shared tens of millions of times on social media, fooling people, including celebrities, and becoming one of the first major examples of AI-powered misinformation at scale.
This week: British charity Full Fact highlighted another false image of FranciscoThe photo showed him addressing a large crowd in Lisbon earlier this year.
Pope shares his biggest concerns about AI
Cardinal Michael Czerny, director of the Vatican Development Authority, shared the pope’s concerns in a written statement.
“The biggest risk is dialogue,” he said.
“Because without truth there can be no dialogue, and without responsibility there can be no truth.”
The Pope said the regulatory priorities are to prevent disinformation, discrimination and distortion, promote peace and guarantee human rights.
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His intervention was a few days later. EU reaches agreement on how to regulate AIwhich covers generation tools such as Midjourney and ChatGPT, but will not come into effect until 2025 at the earliest.
joe biden us president The White House announced its own proposal in OctoberThis included the possibility of requiring AI-generated content to be watermarked.
In Britain, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak They are becoming more cautious about AI laws, arguing they risk stifling innovation.
Source: news.sky.com
