Rome Call for AI Ethics
Pontifical Academy for Life, with Microsoft, IBM and others · February 2020
Multi stakeholder pledgeOngoing signatory gatherings; largely aspirational with no enforcement.
The Vatican-brokered pledge putting AI ethics in explicitly moral and spiritual terms.
What it calls for
- Ethics, education and rights in AI development
- Transparency, inclusion, responsibility, impartiality, reliability, security and privacy
- AI in service of humanity and the environment
Scope
Signed by tech companies, religious institutions and universities
What actually happened
Signatories continue annual meetings; concrete obligations remain voluntary.