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Morning Edition · Saturday, July 4, 2026Published at 6:44 AM EDT · New York
Thiel Attacks Pope Leo's Call for AI Rules, Casting Regulation as a Gift to Beijing
At the Aspen Ideas Festival, the investor said the pope's demand for international AI oversight would only slow the American side of the race with China.
Investor Peter Thiel said Pope Leo XIV was unintentionally serving as a "Chinese communist agent" by calling for AI regulation, speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado. His argument, reported by CNN, was that the pope's message cou…
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