Anthropic consults religious thinkers on AI ethics

The New York Times reports that Anthropic has been quietly inviting religious thinkers from around the world to help inform the moral approach of its artificial intelligence systems.

According to the report, participants have included Catholic, Jewish, Sikh, evangelical and other religious thinkers. The stated aim is to help give the company’s AI a moral compass, although the published summary does not explain in detail how those perspectives will influence the models.