Quoting Corey Quinn

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Corey Quinn comments on the irony of Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah's influence on the Pope's encyclical on AI ethics, calling it an unprecedented act of vendor lobbying.

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# A quote from Corey Quinn Source: [https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/26/corey-quinn/](https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/26/corey-quinn/) 26th May 2026 > I cannot believe I'm saying this, but getting the literal Pope to canonize your product's specific technical limitations as a spiritual treatise is the single greatest act of vendor lobbying I have ever seen\. —[Corey Quinn](https://twitter.com/quinnypig/status/2058960462256210268),on Anthropic co\-founder Christopher Olah's[influence](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/05/25/pope-elevates-ai-ethics-religious-imperative-with-first-encyclical/)on*Magnifica Humanitas*

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