Pope Leo comes out against AI-generated art and calls for an alliance with artists
Pope Leo XIV told artists and curators in Vatican City on Friday that art differs in kind from machine output built on statistical analysis of countless existing images. He wrote that algorithms lack humanity's spark, according to TechCrunch, and called for an alliance with artists.
- The remarks came during a Friday meeting with artists and curators in Vatican City.
- The Next Web notes European law has required machine-readable marks on synthetic content since 2 August.
- Artistic and satirical work faces the lightest disclosure obligations under that law, according to The Next Web.
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