News Summary

• As Silicon Valley races to build advanced AI, the Vatican warns of dehumanisation.
• Behind that warning lies a timeless question: what does it mean to be human?
• In Rome, Isobel Cockerell explores whether the answer to that age-old question survives contact with the era of artificial intelligence.
• She turns to Father Michael Baggot, a Catholic priest and professor who teaches courses on AI, ethics and transhumanism at Vatican universities.
• She also speaks to tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson, known for his radical efforts to defeat human ageing and live forever.