{"id":110,"date":"2026-06-03T11:14:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalconsumerreportss.com\/?p=110"},"modified":"2026-06-03T11:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:14:03","slug":"lawfare-daily-pope-leo-xiv-takes-on-silicon-valley-with-christopher-hale-and-renee-diresta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalconsumerreportss.com\/?p=110","title":{"rendered":"Lawfare Daily: Pope Leo XIV Takes on Silicon Valley with Christopher Hale and Ren\u00e9e DiResta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV\u2019s first encyclical treats AI as the defining social question of our time: not just a technical shift, but a moral fight over dignity, labor, truth, war, and power.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalconsumerreportss.com\/?p=109\">AI Cyber Risks Are Testing the Office Built to Coordinate Them<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a <em>Lawfare Live<\/em> on Substack on Wednesday, May 27, <em>Lawfare<\/em> Contributing Editor Ren\u00e9e DiResta talked with Christopher Hale, author of the Substack newsletter \u201cLetters from Leo,\u201d about the Vatican entering the AI debate, what it means to \u201cdisarm\u201d AI, and why the Pope\u2019s new encyclical is best read not as anti-technology, but as anti-centralized-power. They discussed AI and human dignity; labor and automation; truth, democracy, and disinformation; autonomous weapons; and Silicon Valley\u2019s response.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalconsumerreportss.com\/?p=107\">White House Releases Executive Order on AI<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"110px\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/60518a52f69aa815d2dba41c\/6a1f0644335cf85f9cf093e9\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To receive ad-free podcasts, become a <em>Lawfare <\/em>Material Supporter at www.patreon.com\/lawfare. 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