Pope Leo: with Apple Watch, more against AI

The new Pope Leo XIV is comparatively young for Catholic conditions at the age of 69. It is not surprising that the church shirt born in Chicago is also interested in technology. As nerdy photo analysts have now found, the man, whose bourgeois name Robert Francis Prevost is, is at least occasionally an Apple Watch. A picture shows the prevost When blessing parishionerswhile he wears the smartwatch; A further recording of his first Holy Mass as a Pope leaves this also suspecteven if the device is more difficult to see.

Apple Watch and clock from pocket knife manufacturer

The model seems to be a cheap aluminum variant of the computer clock and plastic sports band. Whether Leo also has an iPhone – which would actually be a prerequisite for the use of the Apple Watch, unless he is part of a Family group -, has not yet been handed down.

In addition to the computer clock, the Pope also wears different timepieces. That includes A diving watch from the Swiss manufacturer Wenger (once known for his Pocket knife), which is currently reported to Amazon, among others. It dates from the nineties and contains a quartz plant, should cost less than 400 euros.

AI a “new challenge” for human dignity

In the meantime, the new head of the church of the Catholics has already commented on a first technic topic. At his first Formal meetings with the cardinals as a freshly elected Pope Among other things, he said that the church is facing new challenges of technological – as well as humanity itself. “In our time, the Church offers everyone the treasure of their social teaching,” said Leo. This should also be understood as a “answer to another industrial revolution”, which represented the “developments in the field of artificial intelligence”.

These would bring “new challenges” in the field of defense of human dignity. Leo also sees justice among the people and their work by AI. Leo indicated that he wants to continue the reform course of his predecessor Francis. This was always about the “sober simplicity of life” and the “complete dedication to service”.