Pope Francis has called on the Group of Seven (G7) leaders to adopt a cautious approach to artificial intelligence (AI) and to ban the use of lethal autonomous weapons at the G7 summit in Italy on Friday. Speaking at the summit, the pope highlighted both the exciting possibilities and the potential dangers of AI. “It is up to everyone to make good use of it,” the pope said. “But the onus is on politics to create the conditions for such good use to be possible and fruitful.” The pope described AI as an “extremely powerful tool” whose advantages and disadvantages depended on how it was used. “Th…