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Does AI have a soul? Pope Leo and Anthropic clash.

Does AI have a soul? Pope Leo and Anthropic clash.
MarketWatch Friday 02 October 2026, 19:32 UTC By Christine Ji 1 min read
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The Vatican has laid a moral blueprint for the technology, with Pope Leo maintaining that “algorithms lack the spark of humanity.”

The Vatican has laid a moral blueprint for the technology, with Pope Leo maintaining that “algorithms lack the spark of humanity.”
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