‘Working for the Chinese Communists’: Peter Thiel attacks Pope Leo XIV over AI regulation stance

Billionaire Peter Thiel has accused Pope Leo XIV of being an agent of the “Chinese Communists” after the pontiff warned about the dangers of artificial intelligence if it is left unregulated. Speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado earlier this week, the PayPal and Palantir co-founder criticised the pope’s push for stronger AI regulation, according to CNN. During the same discussion, Thiel also claimed that the Democratic Party was under a “democratic-socialist takeover.”