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Pope Leo XIV says AI concerns are not fake news

Pontiff states that worries about artificial intelligence should be taken seriously.

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Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard the flight from Metz, France, to Rome, at the end of his four-day visit to France, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP

What this story says

  • Pope Leo XIV stated that concerns about artificial intelligence are not 'fake news' and should be taken seriously.
  • The Pope said he sleeps at night and is not in panic mode regarding AI.
  • His comments were made aboard the papal plane returning from France.
  • Pope Leo XIV dedicated his first encyclical to AI and protecting humanity.

Who covered it

Left 21%(24)Centre 60%(67)Right 19%(21)

Percentages are shares of the 112 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 76 of the 188 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

61/100

Hype

41/100

188 sources · methodology

Pope Leo XIV has stated that concerns about artificial intelligence are not 'fake news' and should be taken seriously. Speaking aboard the papal plane returning from France, the pontiff said he sleeps at night and is not in panic mode regarding AI. He added that safety issues raised by AI experts should be discussed and acted upon.

Pope Leo XIV dedicated his first encyclical to artificial intelligence and protecting humanity. He made these remarks in response to questions about AI during his flight.

Coverage comparison

Omissions

None of the left-rated, centre-rated, or right-rated digests mention the Pope's first encyclical being dedicated to AI and protecting humanity.

Tags:#PopeLeoXIV#ArtificialIntelligence#AISafety#FakeNews

Coverage settled. We checked this 132 times and stopped on 4 Oct 2026, 06:45. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

24 rated outlets

  • Seven left-rated reports stated that Pope Leo XIV said concerns about artificial intelligence are not ‘fake news’ and should be taken seriously. Six of these reports noted that the Pope said he sleeps at night and is not in panic mode regarding AI. Six reports mentioned that his comments were made aboard the papal plane returning from France. Six reports also stated that Pope Leo XIV dedicated his first encyclical to AI and protecting humanity.

Centre

67 rated outlets

  • Eight centre-rated reports stated that Pope Leo XIV said concerns about artificial intelligence are not ‘fake news’ and should be taken seriously. Seven of these reports mentioned that the Pope said he sleeps at night and is not in panic mode regarding AI. Seven reports noted that his comments were made aboard the papal plane returning from France. Two reports mentioned that Pope Leo XIV dedicated his first encyclical to AI and protecting humanity.

Right

21 rated outlets

  • The single right-rated report stated that Pope Leo XIV said concerns about artificial intelligence are not ‘fake news’ and should be taken seriously. It also noted that the Pope said he sleeps at night and is not in panic mode regarding AI. The report mentioned his comments were made aboard the papal plane returning from France.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Pope Leo XIV says AI concerns are not fake news?
Of the 112 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 21% are rated left, 60% are rated centre, 19% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 188. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Pope Leo XIV says AI concerns are not fake news left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 112 rated outlets on this story, 21% are rated left, 60% are rated centre, 19% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Pope Leo XIV says AI concerns are not fake news biased?
Pope Leo XIV says AI concerns are not fake news is one event reported by 188 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which outlets covered Pope Leo XIV says AI concerns are not fake news?
188 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did Pope Leo XIV say about artificial intelligence?
Pope Leo XIV stated that concerns about artificial intelligence are not 'fake news' and should be taken seriously. He also mentioned that he sleeps at night and is not in panic mode regarding AI, and that safety issues raised by experts should be discussed and acted upon.
When and where did Pope Leo XIV make these comments?
Pope Leo XIV made these comments aboard the papal plane while returning from France. He was responding to questions about artificial intelligence during his flight.
What is Pope Leo XIV's stance on AI safety?
Pope Leo XIV believes that concerns about AI safety are valid and should not be dismissed as 'fake news'. He insists that these issues require serious discussion and action from experts and policymakers.

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