Please view the list of resources for pre-conference reading. Reading these materials is optional and not required to attend the conference.

Global AI Governance – Boston Common Asset Management (June 16, 2026)

Builders of Communion – Boston Common Asset Management (June 16, 2026)

Between Promise and Power: Artificial Intelligence, Shareholder Activism, and the Corporate Governance of the Next Generation – (Pierluigi Matera) 

To Understand Pope Leo’s Efforts on A.I., Look at the Man Shaking His Hand – (The New York Times, May 26, 2026)

Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah’s remarks on Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical “Magnifica humanitas”  (Anthropic, May 25, 2026)

Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas – (May 15, 2026)

Report of the APSA Presidential Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (Tucker & Persily) – American Political Science Association (May 2026)

Recent AI Regulatory Developments in the United States – Wilson Sonsini (May 8, 2026)

First-time raises help drive surge in Italian startup rounds – PitchBook (April 26, 2026)

Why Silicon Valley Is Turning to the Catholic Church – The Atlantic (April 25, 2026)

Should AI and Christianity Mix? Pat Gelsinger and Gloo Holdings Sure Think So – The Information (April 24, 2026)

2026 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now – MIT Technology Review (April 21, 2026)

Claude’s Constitution – A Jewish Ethical Critique – Mois Navon (April 12, 2026)

China Issues New Rules on AI Ethics Review and Support – Geopolitechs (April 3, 2026)

The 2026 AI Index Report, 9th Edition – Stanford University HAI (April 2026)

These diseases were thought to be incurable. Now AI is unlocking new treatments – BBC (March 10, 2026)

Action items for AI decision makers in 2026 – MIT Sloan (March 3, 2026)

From Red Flags to Black Boxes: Corporate Oversight in the Age of Artificial Intelligence – Pierluigi Matera (March 2026)

After the AI Crash – Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator (March 2026)

STAC: When Innocent Tools Form Dangerous Chains to Jailbreak LLM Agents – AWS AI Labs and UC Berkeley (February 2, 2026)

Artificial Intelligence, the Future of War and International Politics – Center for International Governance Innovation (February 2026)

11 things AI experts are watching for in 2026 – University of California (January 15, 2026)

How Accurately Did Claude Code Replicate and Extend A Published Political Science Paper? – Straus and Hall (January 9, 2026)

AI chatbots and digital companions are reshaping emotional connection – American Psychological Association (January 1, 2026)

Claude’s new constitution – Anthropic (January 2026)

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work – National Academies Press

The Digitalist Papers Volume 2

Social AI and Human Connections: Benefits, Risks and Social Impact – SSRN (June 20, 2025)

Message of the Holy Father to participants in the Second Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Corporate Governance [Rome, 19–20 June 2025]  – The Holy See  (June 17, 2025)

Lan Xue — Chinese Perspectives on AI Safety – Chineseperspectives.ai (March 29, 2024)

What is AI Ethics? – IBM (September 17, 2021)