00:00French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Pope Leo XIV to the Élysée Palace on Friday
00:05at the start of the Paniff's four-day visit to France,
00:09the first official state visit by a pope in 18 years.
00:12Macron told the pope that his visit offered hope to people confronted with
00:16quote, the spectacles of the world's miseries.
00:19Turning to artificial intelligence,
00:22Macron said humans must retain their rightful place as technology advances.
00:26The French leader called on international oversight to ensure the most advanced systems
00:31mankind has ever created are not controlled by a small number of powerful actors
00:36or get used as instruments to oppress people.
00:39The Paniff echoed a similar sentiment, warning that a paradise of machines
00:43could undermine humanity and urged France to use its influence to promote peace
00:48both in Europe and around the world.
00:50In a challenge to Paris, the pope also rejected the belief that nuclear weapons
00:54guarantee security, noting that they fuel a new and difficult-to-control arms race
00:59and urged the country to resort to dialogue.
