Pope Leo XIV Rebukes Nvidia's Jensen Huang Over AI Safety, Says Doom Concerns Aren't 'Fake News'

Pope Leo XIV, speaking to reporters aboard the papal flight returning from France on Sept 28, directly rebuked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang for arguing market forces are sufficient to govern AI. The Pope said 'the concerns raised by many of the experts, specialists in AI, should be taken seriously' and that AI-doom concerns are not 'fake news', a pointed contrast to Huang's CBS remarks that AI safety fears are overblown. The intervention lands as the Vatican positions itself as a moral counterweight to Big Tech on AI regulation.