Chris Ola, co-founder of Anthropic, was present at the Vatican event where Pope Leo XIV released his encyclical on artificial intelligence. This indicates engagement between religious leaders and tech industry figures on the topic of AI regulation and ethics.
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“In fact, Anthropic co-founder Chris Ola was invited to that event at the Vatican.”
Waylen Wong
Heard on The Indicator from Planet Money — “Why the Pope wants to disarm AI”, published Thursday, July 16, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.