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AFPI Responds to Pope’s Encyclical: AI, Faith, and Human Flourishing

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) has released the following statement from Joel Thayer, senior fellow for AI and Emerging Technology in response to Pope Leo XIV’s new papal encyclical on AI, emerging technology, and human dignity.

President Trump’s AI Leadership is winning support, allies, and maybe the Nobel Peace Prize

This week, President Trump took major steps toward agreements with China on artificial intelligence (AI) guardrails. According to President Trump, he and President Xi Jinping “talked about possibly working together for guardrails” on AI, including in biological, nuclear, cyber, and other areas.

America Needs a Comprehensive National Security Strategy for Artificial Intelligence

Recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) leave little doubt: this is no ordinary consumer product. AI systems are now capable of enabling sophisticated cyber-attacks by uncovering thousands of software vulnerabilities in infrastructure thought to be secure. The latest AI systems are so capable of cyber offense that AI companies no longer give the public access to their best models.

Big Tech wants the final say in national security. That’s a problem.

Should decisions regarding military technology be made by public officials or private companies? This question stands at the heart of a new legal fight between the Pentagon and the frontier AI company, Anthropic.

AI Must Serve Human Flourishing