An AI-generated video showing Pope Francis in Heaven with the likes of Michael Jackson, Princess Diana and the Queen has sparked fury online, and has been branded 'sickening' and 'blasphemous in ...

AI video of Pope Francis has gone viral after his death, showing him reunited in heaven with icons like Muhammad Ali and ...

Titled 'Pope Francis meeting old friends', in the video ... Several people felt ill at ease watching the video. One person said: “AI needs to be regulated and monitored closely, or we might ...

The late Pope Francis was buried on Saturday in Rome, but an AI video has already gone viral of the pontiff hugging a litany ...

In the wake of Pope Francis' death in April 2025 ... The videos were generated through the use of artificial intelligence (AI), including video, voice-over and photographs that are not real.

Pope Francis, who died aged 88 on Monday, was seen as a progressive who spoke openly about technology, and more recently artificial intelligence (AI), something he even became a victim of.

The Pontiff’s last prayer, shared online earlier this month, urged that new technologies would "unite, not divide" humanity.

The video allegedly showing a man being escorted away from the late pontiff's body appeared online before the lying in state ...

Reflecting a theme Pope Francis had already touched on in Laudato Si’, the document asks for the kind of AI development that mitigates risks, prevents harm and ensures that “its applications ...

Francis’ appeal was his widespread recognition after a decade as pope and his approachability, combined with the advent of easy-to-use and readily available AI programs. Journalists expected in ...

Pope Francis' coffin has been entombed ... shaped by an even more sophisticated digital age—one where livestreams, AI-generated memes and TikTok content creators are defining how we experience ...