World leaders, Nobel laureates, AI experts to gather at Borgo Laudato si'

World leaders, Nobel laureates, AI experts to gather at Borgo Laudato si'

The Vatican, at Borgo Laudato si' in the Pontifical Gardens of Castel Gandolfo, will host the Global Nobel Laureates Assembly on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear War, bringing together more than 200 of the world’s most authoritative figures and representatives of leading international research institutions in the fields of peace and artificial intelligence, from 14 to 16 July.

Inspired by Pope Leo XIV’s new Encyclical Magnifica humanitas, dedicated to safeguarding the human person in the age of artificial intelligence, the Assembly takes place in a context marked by international conflicts, growing instability and an increasingly complex nuclear landscape. It is part of the Pope Leo’s vision for a “disarmed and disarming peace.”

The meetings will culminate in the drafting of the Rome Declaration for a Disarmed and Disarming Peace in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear and Autonomous Weapons, New Digital Protocols, and Emerging Models of Digital Development.

The event will conclude on 16 July with a solemn session at Rome's City Hall on the Capitoline Hill.

For three days, 30 Nobel laureates, former heads of state and government, 20 of the world’s leading artificial intelligence experts and innovators — including representatives from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, AARU and Anthropic — together with representatives from 30 of the world’s most prestigious universities and research institutions, will engage in a “Conclave”-style dialogue on the principal challenges facing humanity today.

In particular, they are expected to discuss international security, the governance of emerging technologies, disarmament and the development of an economy oriented towards peace.

At the heart of the discussions will be the search for a new global paradigm capable of combining innovation, responsibility and ethics.

The initiative is promoted by the Nobel Laureates Assembly for the Prevention of Nuclear War, the Nobel Women’s Initiative, the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, the Yunus Centre, the Catholic University of America, the University of Chicago Existential Risk Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the University of Notre Dame, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and Soka Gakkai International, with the Domus Communis Foundation serving as the General Secretariat.

Representatives from some of the world’s leading universities and research institutions will participate, including Harvard University, Stanford University, Columbia University, Princeton University, the University of California, Berkeley, the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, the University of Oxford, the University of Manchester, the Collège de France, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Tsinghua University, Queen’s University, Simon Fraser University, the Australian National University, the University of Antwerp, St Patrick’s Pontifical University, the University of Rome "Tor Vergata," the Balseiro Institute, the University of Southern California, and the Università Telematica Internazionale UniNettuno.

The Rome Declaration for a Disarmed and Disarming Peace in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear and Autonomous Weapons, New Digital Protocols, and Emerging Models of Digital Development, will be presented at the conclusion of the Assembly.

The Declaration aims to establish principles and guidelines for the governance of artificial intelligence, promoting a vision of international security founded on cooperation, human dignity, integral human development and peace among peoples.