Sam Altman calls religious authority for AI models a safety issue

Oct 5, 2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says attributing religious force to AI models or surrendering human judgment to them presents a safety issue.
Sam Altman calls religious authority for AI models a safety issue
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called attempts to ascribe religious force to AI models a safety issue, according to Axios. He also objected to people surrendering human judgment to AI systems.

Axios linked the remarks to work at Anthropic concerning whether AI models could be moral or conscious. The company has reportedly approached scholars from multiple faiths as part of that work.

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