Peter Thiel accused Pope Leo XIV of "working for the Chinese Communists," arguing that the pope's call for stronger international AI regulation would mainly slow U.S. AI development while China continued advancing.

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Arnaud Bertrand

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The funniest part about this is that the Vatican is one of only 14 countries globally to have no diplomatic relations with China. Also pretty telling that Pope Leo merely saying he wishes AI would serve the common good sounds like "Chinese communism" to Thiel, which says a lot about him (and also about China, but in a good way).

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Peter Thiel accused Pope Leo XIV of "working for the Chinese Communists," arguing that the pope's call for stronger international AI regulation would mainly slow U.S. AI development while China continued advancing. Speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Thiel said the Vatican's

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