By Philip PullellaVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, acknowledging that he was the victim of a deepfake photo, on Wednesday warned against the "perverse" dangers of artificial intelligence, renewing a call for its worldwide regulation to harness it for the common good.
Francis spoke of his fears and hopes for artificial intelligence (AI) in his message for the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of Social Communications, which will be marked around the world on May 12.
Francis also spoke of fake "audio messages that use a person's voice to say things which that person never said".
He renewed a call he made last month for a legally binding international treaty to regulate AI.
AI must support and not eliminate the role of journalism on the ground, he said.
Persons:
Philip Pullella, Pope Francis, Francis, Joe Biden's, Angus MacSwan
Organizations:
CITY, Wednesday, Roman Catholic, Social Communications
Locations:
U.S ., New Hampshire