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

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 ChurchThe Atlantic (April 25, 2026)

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

2026 10 Things That Matter in AI Right NowMIT Technology Review (April 21, 2026)

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

China Issues New Rules on AI Ethics Review and SupportGeopolitechs (April 3, 2026)

The 2026 AI Index Report, 9th EditionStanford University HAI (April 2026)

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

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

After the AI CrashVanderbilt Policy Accelerator (March 2026)

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

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

11 things AI experts are watching for in 2026University 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 connectionAmerican Psychological Association (January 1, 2026)

Claude’s new constitutionAnthropic (January 2026)

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of WorkNational 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 SafetyChineseperspectives.ai (March 29, 2024)

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