Pope Francis speech marks a first at G7 summit

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Pope Francis made the first-ever appearance from a sovereign pontiff at the G7 summit, the meeting of the Group of Seven that includes President Joe Biden.

The Pope spoke to the group of world leaders about the dangers of AI controlling decision making in the future.

“We would condemn humanity to a future without hope if we took away people’s ability to make decisions about themselves and their lives, by dooming them to depend on the choices of machines,” he said. “We need to ensure and safeguard a space for proper human control over the choices made by artificial intelligence programs: Human dignity itself depends on it.”

Biden is set to meet privately with Pope Francis this afternoon. The two shared a handshake and photo opportunity while the Pope made his way around to speak with each world leader.

The Group of Seven includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as representation from the EU as a non-enumerated member.

Pope Francis also met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid the ongoing war with Russia.

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