Vatican Criticized for Using AI in Its Anti-AI Messages
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The Controversial Use of AI by the Vatican
The Pope's X account is at the center of a controversy after several of its messages, including some denouncing artificial intelligence, were identified as likely generated by AI. This revelation comes from Pangram, a Chrome extension updated on April 20, 2026, which claims a detection accuracy of 99.98%. Pangram suggests that the Pope's account is managed by a team using AI tools, rather than by the Pope himself. This situation raises questions, particularly because some of the messages in question criticize the dangers of AI to the human soul.
When AI Critiques AI
Among the recent tweets from the @Pontifex account, several have been marked as generated by AI. These messages cover various topics such as artificial intelligence, conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, as well as economic inequalities. A message posted three days earlier on X, discussing the role of Catholics in the digital revolution, was identified as written by a human, in contrast to the subsequent messages on the influence of AI. A phrase present in these messages is: "When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens human discernment."
The Dead Internet Theory
Max Spero, CEO of Pangram, believes these findings confirm that the Pope does not directly manage his account. Pangram has also detected the presence of AI on other platforms like Medium, LinkedIn, and Substack. According to a study conducted by researchers from Stanford, Imperial College London, and Internet Archive, published on April 14, by mid-2025, approximately 35% of new websites contained AI-generated or assisted text. This trend fuels the dead internet theory, which suggests a proliferation of non-human content on the web.
Academics specify that "we find that by mid-2025, about 35% of new websites published were classified as generated or assisted by artificial intelligence, compared to zero before the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022," lending credence to the dead internet theory.
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