Pope warns against losing humanity to machines

Pope Leo XIV has warned against losing humanity in a "paradise of machines" as he made his first papal trip to France with concerns high worldwide about artificial intelligence.

"If we are to avoid losing our humanity amid a paradise of machines invading and conditioning our daily lives, there is an urgent need for education in ethical discernment and the capacity to acknowledge the moral good," he said at the French presidential palace.

Pope Leo arrived in France for the Vatican's first state visit to the European nation in 18 years, with artificial intelligence, young believers and the continent's future near the top of his agenda.

Church bells rang around the nation when the first US pontiff, whose paternal grandmother was born in France, landed outside Paris just before 10am (9am Irish time) for a four-day trip.