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Can AI be a ‘child of God’? Inside Anthropic’s meeting with Christian leaders.

The artificial intelligence company asked religious leaders for guidance on building a moral chatbot.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company valued at $380 billion, can take its pick of Silicon Valley talent thanks to the success of its chatbot Claude. But last month, the start-up sought help from a group rarely consulted in tech circles: Christian religious leaders.

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Gerrit De Vynck has been a tech reporter for The Washington Post since 2021. He writes about artificial intelligence and its rapidly-increasing impact on our society. He previously covered tech for seven years at Bloomberg News. He can be reached on Signal at the username GerritD.27@GerritD
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