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Anthropic and OpenAI sit down with religious leaders to seek ethical advice

OpenAI and Anthropic are consulting religious leaders on AI ethics. Critics say it's theater masking the real debate: who controls these systems.

Reporting by The Decoder 1 min brief
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Why it matters

As AI companies face mounting pressure on governance and safety, they're turning to faith communities for ethical legitimacy—but the move highlights a deeper tension between philosophical guidance and regulatory teeth.

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8 to know

  1. First 'Faith-AI Covenant' roundtable held in New York

  2. Both Anthropic and OpenAI participating

  3. Multi-faith representation engaged

  4. Rumman Chowdhury (AI researcher) criticized talks as 'distraction from concrete regulation and control questions'

  5. Initiative frames ethics through religious/philosophical lens rather than policy/governance

  6. Participants: Anthropic, OpenAI, multi-faith religious leaders

  7. Criticism from AI researcher Rumman Chowdhury: calls talks 'at best a distraction' from regulation and control

  8. Focus area: AI ethics guidance and framework-building

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Publisher excerpt: Anthropic and OpenAI are turning to religious leaders for help with AI ethics. At the first "Faith-AI Covenant" roundtable in New York, representatives from both companies met with faith leaders from various religions. Critics like AI researcher Rumman Chowdhury call the talks "at best a…
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