Can the Pope SAVE US from AI?

Pope Leo XIV issued a document this week, calling for the ‘disarming’ of AI. In ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ (Magnificent Humanity), the Pope warned that AI must be subject to rigorous ethical constraints. How is the Vatican attempting to influence tech companies? And with Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah in attendance, Karen asks why are AI companies equally interested in religion?  On today's episode: 00:00 – Intro 00:37– Is Google about to destroy the Internet? 15:31 - The Pope is taking on AI 34:33 - Child safety on Roblox. The Interface is your weekly tech news podcast covering artificial intelligence, Big Tech, privacy, social media regulation, and the technology reshaping politics and power. Hosted by Thomas Germain, Karen Hao, and Nicky Woolf bringing you a deep dive analysis of the biggest tech stories of the week. New episodes every Thursday. 🇬🇧 In the UK: Listen on BBC Sounds 🌍 Listen everywhere else: BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts https://link.mgln.ai/theinterface-YT The Interface is a BBC Studios production. 📱 Contact the podcast! Email: [email protected] Follow Tom Germain on socials: TikTok:   / thomasgermain   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com@tomgermain YouTube: https://www.youtube.com@tomgermain Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thomasgermai... X: https://x.com/@thomasgermain Follow Nicky Woolf on socials: BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/@nickywoolf.... Follow Karen Hao on socials: LinkedIn: /  / karendhao   X: https://x.com/_KarenHao BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/@karenhao.bs...