Gloo's new "Flourishing AI" evaluation tool ranks leading AI platforms on faith-aligned values and finds Anthropic's Claude performing best under a Christian-focused framework.
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I have signed the Statement on Moral Guardrails in Artificial Intelligence in response to the incident between the US government and Anthropic. Read the excellent statement at www.faithfamilytech.org/moral-guardr....
[AiandFaith] Chatbots for Christians proliferate, and are considering the ethical ramifications on spiritual formation, evangelization, and exegesis. CT’s Bonnie Christian interviews Adi Agrawal about Creed, “a Tamagotchi meets Duolingo for a Christian“.
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[Barna Feb 2026] One-third of practicing Christians say they want guidance from pastors on how to navigate AI. Yet only a small minority of pastors feel very comfortable teaching on the topic.
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Of interest to some of us. A webinar on Feb 7, 9:00 am – 11:00 am (Pacific), "Can AI Have a Soul? What Theology, Psychiatry, and Science Fiction Say". Organizers add, "No charge for ITEST members, clergy, seminarians, women and men religious."
faithscience.org/can-ai-have-...
This AI and Faith Podcast episode dives deeply into the AI abundance philosophy. Our guests Brian Sigmon and Dr. David Zvi Kalman imagine how good things could possibly get with AI, and how to ensure that this abundance benefits humanity as a whole.
aiandfaith.org/aif-podcast/...
Around 3.5 million Bangladeshis live and work in Saudi Arabia, and are [now] the largest expatriate group in the Kingdom.
www.arabnews.com/node/2628084...
“The problem of humanity is that we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology.” -- E.O. Wilson quote found by Kate Gace Walton and shared in her Substack
(kategace.substack.com/p/that-went-...).
Our mission to bring deep faith values of the world’s major religions into the global debate on AI, and educate faith leaders and tech creators has never been more important. Your financial gift now can magnify the vital work of our community in 2026
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Read the November 2025 issue of the AI and Faith Newsletter, where our theme is AI and Environment. We share articles on this topic and more, including recent workshops by AI and Faith members and a piece from our new executive director, Greg Cootsona.
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(1/4) The Lausanne Movement Insights for Global Horizons and Trends regularly publishes Briefings, which are short, forward-looking pieces designed to help global mission leaders engage with emerging trends shaping the future of the world and the Church.
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Building and deploying LLMs for spiritual applications is a challenging endeavor that requires careful consideration and testing. In this piece, AI&F senior editor Marcus Schwarting considers the challenges in building religious and ethical benchmarks.
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That’s a definite possibility.
By 2040, a consensus of experts expects AI to be as important to this century as electricity or the car were to the previous one—8 on a 10-point scale measuring the impact of different inventions.
economist.com/science-and-...
A livestream of proceedings of the WEA Global General Assembly in Seoul is available at: youtu.be/A8ZiFEFDHhY.
Review and summary by Analyst Stephen Smith of the new 300-page “2025 State of AI Report”:
www.smithstephen.com/p/ais-new-bo...
Download the “2025 State of AI Report”: www.stateof.ai
I like to catch various church’s takes on AI Read Faith On View’s review of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) new AI guide, titled "The Work of Our Hands: Christian Ministry in the Age of Artificial Intelligence."
www.faithonview.com/new-erlc-gui...
The Bible Access Initiative, founded by Open Doors International and Digital Bible Society, has released the findings of its 2025 "Bible Access List".
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Read the September 2025 issue of the AI and Faith Newsletter, where our theme is AI and Bioethics. We share articles on this topic, including perspectives on AI for medicine and mental health, podcast episodes, and more.
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Read the September 2025 issue of the AI and Faith Newsletter, where our theme is AI and Bioethics. We share articles on this topic, including perspectives on AI for medicine and mental health, podcast episodes, and more.
mailchi.mp/aiandfaith/s...
Major study on "How people use ChatGPT.” National Bureau of Labor Statistics assessed 700M users, found usage mostly for non-work-related requests (and now over 52% women). Get report here: www.nber.org/system/files...
Major topics found in chatGPT:
Religion News coverage of the four Mainline denominations’ Faithful Futures conference on AI. This article is a more philosophical dive into the topics we attempted to address.
religionnews.com/2025/09/05/f...
The planning team for “Faithful Futures: Guiding AI with Wisdom and Witness” is poised to receive our 80 participants from four denominations at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis (and 280+ participating virtually) for four days of AI discernment. #faithfulfutures
We are so pleased with this choice! Welcome, Greg!
[The Atlantic] The AI Doomers Are Getting Doomier: The industry’s apocalyptic voices are becoming more panicked—and harder to dismiss. By Matteo Wong
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
[NYTimes] Especially for the older among us, I found this NY Times piece by a senior clinical psychologist hopeful in how rich he discovered his AI chat to be.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/o...
[HBR] “AI can be a powerful tool for all leaders facing complex decisions, especially those that must be made collaboratively.” Example provided regarding housing. hbr.org/2025/08/how-...
For all I’ve traveled, this is a new one for me: a dog-reserved seat, as seen on the seating chart for Korean Air’s Incheon to Seattle flight. Two more dog-designated seats are near the rear of the plane.
Meeting and Discipling Beyond the ‘Brick-and-Mortar Church’ | The Banner | The Christian Reformed Church innovates into the online church world.
www.thebanner.org/news/2025/07...
The future of interacting with AI tools is clearly headed into the browser. See Joanna Stern's description of what that looks like:
joannastern.beehiiv.com/p/my-assista...
