The Vatican called for AI to be “disarmed,” and Pope Leo XIV issued Magnifica Humanitas, urging disarmament of AI and binding requirements for any autonomous-weapons deployment. The encyclical calls for traceability of decisions, meaningful human control over lethal action, and international rules to slow the technological arms race. It rejects the traditional “just war” theory as outdated and limits military force to “self-defence in the strictest sense.” Three days later, Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch defended the company’s defence-AI work, arguing that European companies cannot step back when rivals and adversaries are using AI. He framed defence-AI development as necessary to maintain capabilities under active threats.
"“We're all for peace,” Mensch said, “but if you look at our rivals and adversaries in the world, they're using artificial intelligence. As long as we have adversaries that are threatening, and they are threatening, we do need to have our own capabilities.”"
"Magnifica Humanitas, the 42,300-word text Leo published on 25 May, calls for the disarmament of AI, the establishment of three binding requirements around any autonomous-weapons deployment, traceability of decisions, meaningful human control over lethal action, and international rules to slow the technological arms race, and explicitly rejects the traditional “just war” theory as “outdated.”"
"The Pope further argued that military force can be justified only in “self-defence in the strictest sense.” The encyclical is the most direct papal intervention in tech regulation in decades."
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