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title: Why Microsoft's President Met with the Pope
description: Did the Pope and Microsoft President meet each other to discuss Artificial Intelligence? Yes.
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# [Why Microsoft's President Met with the Pope](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/why-microsofts-president-met-with-the-pope)

 Written by [SecureWorld News Team](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/author/secureworld-news-team) | Wed | Feb 13, 2019 | 8:11 PM Z

Did Pope Francis meet with Microsoft's president and talk about Artificial Intelligence?

That seems like a question you'd want to double check on Snopes.com, however, the meeting really happened.

Microsoft President Brad Smith and the 81-year-old leader of the Catholic Church discussed access to technology and AI.

The two agreed that the Vatican will partner with Microsoft on a prize for successfully defending a dissertation on ethical issues involving Artificial Intelligence.

*The New York Times* [revealed](https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/02/13/world/europe/ap-eu-rel-vatican-microsoft-artificial-intelligence.html) what the prize will be: "The winner will receive 6,000 euros ($6,900) and an invitation to Microsoft's Seattle headquarters."

We've always heard that politics make for strange bedfellows.

*Apparently, Artificial Intelligence does as well.*

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