Pope Leo Issues AI Warning to Silicon Valley and Beyond | Pivot

Kara and Scott unpack the Enhanced Games and Trump’s planned UFC fight at the White House. Then, they break down Pope Leo’s sweeping warning about AI, the DOJ’s new probe into E. Jean Carroll, and Elon Musk floating a merger between Tesla and SpaceX. Plus, Google overhauls search, Trump delays signing an AI executive order, and CBS pushes out “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #scottgalloway #pope #ai #enhancedgames #UFC #EJeanCarroll #spacex #tesla #60minutes 00:00 Intro 00:32 Enhanced Games 3:50 White House UFC Event 7:07 The “Ugly” Campaign Against James Talarico 11:14 DOJ Launches E. Jean Carroll Probe 15:50 Pope’s AI Encyclical 26:29 AI News 41:31 SpaceX + Tesla? 54:04 “60 Minutes” Hiring and Firing 1:01:52 Predictions Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Todd Wiseman Vox Media's Executive Producer of Podcasts: Nishat Kurwa Subscribe to Pivot on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot/id1073226719 Subscribe to Pivot on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4MU3RFGELZxPT9XHVwTNPR Follow us on Instagram and Threads at: https://www.instagram.com/pivotpodcastofficial/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@PIVOTPODCAST Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or email pivot@voxmedia.com

Scott GallowayhostKara Swisherhost

May 29, 20261h 9mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: May 29, 2026
Duration: 1h 9m
Channel: Pivot
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Kara and Scott unpack the Enhanced Games and Trump’s planned UFC fight at the White House. Then, they break down Pope Leo’s sweeping warning about AI, the DOJ’s new probe into E. Jean Carroll, and Elon Musk floating a merger between Tesla and SpaceX. Plus, Google overhauls search, Trump delays signing an AI executive order, and CBS pushes out “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #scottgalloway #pope #ai #enhancedgames #UFC #EJeanCarroll #spacex #tesla #60minutes 00:00 Intro 00:32 Enhanced Games 3:50 White House UFC Event 7:07 The “Ugly” Campaign Against James Talarico 11:14 DOJ Launches E. Jean Carroll Probe 15:50 Pope’s AI Encyclical 26:29 AI News 41:31 SpaceX + Tesla? 54:04 “60 Minutes” Hiring and Firing 1:01:52 Predictions Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Todd Wiseman Vox Media's Executive Producer of Podcasts: Nishat Kurwa Subscribe to Pivot on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot/id1073226719 Subscribe to Pivot on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4MU3RFGELZxPT9XHVwTNPR Follow us on Instagram and Threads at: https://www.instagram.com/pivotpodcastofficial/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@PIVOTPODCAST Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or email pivot@voxmedia.com

SPEAKERS

Scott Galloway
host
Co-host of Pivot and NYU Stern marketing professor focused on business, tech, and markets.
Kara Swisher
host
Co-host of Pivot and veteran technology journalist and interviewer (On with Kara Swisher).

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Pivot, featuring Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher, Pope Leo Issues AI Warning to Silicon Valley and Beyond | Pivot explores pope Leo’s AI encyclical sparks debate on regulation and power Pope Leo XIV’s first AI-focused encyclical frames AI as non-neutral, warns about concentrated power, and calls for regulation, child protections, and meaningful human control of weapons.

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