Pope Leo XIV used his first major papal document to enter one of the biggest debates in technology: who should shape the future of artificial intelligence.

In Magnifica Humanitas, the first American pope warned that A.I. systems are concentrating power in the hands of a small number of companies and individuals with the money, data, and computing resources needed to build them.

The document was not written as an attack on technology itself, as Pope Leo acknowledged that A.I. can provide real benefits and serve practical purposes. His concern centered on control, arguing that systems affecting millions of people should not quietly inherit the assumptions, priorities, and values of a small group of executives and developers operating largely outside public oversight.

The document comes at a time when artificial intelligence is rapidly moving beyond research labs and into classrooms, workplaces, and daily communication.

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Any resistance from the public at large has typically emerged after products have become embedded in everyday life. Social media is a good example of this. However, artificial intelligence poses a different set of concerns because its influence may reach farther and move much faster than that of previous technologies.

AI is already heavily embedded in search engines and in how actual work is getting done in industries across the economy. The Pope’s warning comes at a critical time when just a handful of technology companies are racing to build systems they have described as potentially problematic down the line.

The Pope’s concern is not necessarily just the technology itself, but more specifically, what happens when systems built by a handful of executives and engineers begin playing an increasingly larger role in everyday life.

Artificial intelligence is steadily becoming infrastructure rather than a separate product that people consciously choose to use. It’s woven into search engines, used in hiring tools, education platforms, and becoming more intertwined in workplace software.

Decisions once made by groups of people are becoming more filtered through systems designed by a few companies. There are questions over the actual neutrality of these companies and the people who comprise them, as the assumptions built into these systems affect what information people see, what answers they receive, and sometimes which opportunities appear in front of them.

The conversation about new technology is changing, and quickly. The development and integration of AI are moving so quickly that questions once considered merely philosophical and distant are becoming much more immediate and practical. Pope Leo’s intervention suggests that the fight over A.I. may not ultimately be about whether the technology advances, but whether anyone outside Silicon Valley still has enough influence to shape where it goes.

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