The health tech software giant, which makes the widely used MyChart system for accessing medical data, will focus on fixing security bugs for the next few weeks.
"There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others," the pope wrote. "Algorithms lack the spark of humanity."
In its prospectus, Anthropic told investors it is losing tens of billions of dollars a year while growing rapidly—and that its own AI might pose an existential risk to humanity.
The pontiff appeared to target US President Donald Trump, who has routinely referred to concerns from AI leaders about the rapid pace of the technology's development as a 'hoax' stemming from his political opponents.