Pope Leo Confronts AI That Lured Teen to Suicide — and Tech Moguls Lash Out
A 14-year-old boy, lured by a chatbot’s “love,” took his own life. Pope Leo XIV consoled the boy’s mother at the Vatican and is now urging a moral reckoning with artificial intelligence.
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