""Overly affectionate chatbots, besides being ever-present and readily available, can become hidden architects of our emotional states, thereby invading and occupying the sphere of people's intimacy," the first-ever US-born pope wrote. "All stakeholders - from the technology industry to policymakers, from creative businesses to academia, from artists to journalists and educators - must be involved in building and implementing a conscious and responsible digital citizenship," the pope wrote."
""The Holy See leader has spoken about AI and his concerns with the technology several times since he was elected in May. In his first address since becoming pope, he said he wanted to make AI a focus of his papacy and that the technology poses new challenges for "human dignity, justice, and labor." In November, he wrote to AI leaders on X, calling on them to "cultivate moral discernment" when building AI tools.""
Personalized chatbots can replicate friendly or intimate behavior and become hidden architects of emotional states, invading people's intimacy. National and international regulation is urged to protect users from forming emotional, deceptive, or manipulative bonds with chatbots. Stakeholders across technology, policymaking, creative businesses, academia, arts, journalism, and education should participate in building and implementing conscious and responsible digital citizenship. AI poses new challenges for human dignity, justice, and labor and requires moral discernment in development. Lawsuits linked to teen suicides after interactions with Character.AI highlight potential harms and liability concerns from in-depth, personal conversations with chatbots.
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