Peter Thiel says the pope’s AI encyclical was ‘working for’ China
Peter Thiel told Axel Springer’s Mathias Döpfner that Pope Leo’s call to regulate AI helps China. He also blamed Americans, not Beijing, for the US backlash against AI.
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Peter Thiel has called Pope Leo XIV a “useful idiot” for the Chinese Communist Party over the pope’s call to regulate AI. The PayPal and Palantir co-founder spoke to Axel Springer chief executive Mathias Döpfner on the MD Meets podcast, released on Thursday.
The interview came before Thiel received the Axel Springer Award in Berlin on Thursday. Axel Springer owns Politico, which reported the remarks first, and Business Insider. Fortune reported on his comments about Germany.
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