Anthropic and OpenAI consult religious leaders on AI ethics
anthropic and openai met with faith leaders in nyc to establish ethical standards for ai, sparking criticism from researchers who view it as a pr stunt.
representatives from anthropic and openai joined religious leaders in new york for the inaugural faith-ai covenant roundtable, organized by the interfaith alliance for safer communities. anthropic has previously integrated faith leader input into its constitutional ai guidelines, while openai's sam altman has frequently used spiritual metaphors. baroness joanna shields, a partner at the alliance, argued that regulation cannot keep pace with ai development, necessitating these ethical standards. however, experts like rumman chowdhury and dylan baker criticized the move, arguing that ethical debates distract from structural questions of control and whether high-risk systems should exist at all.