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AI and Faith brings the wisdom of the world’s great religions to the discussion around the moral and ethical challenges of artificial intelligence. Read more at our website aiandfaith.org.
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Solutions to the AI alignment problem remain challenging, particularly when it comes to value and moral alignment. In this piece, David Dumaresq considers the perspective from a Bahá'í Faith background, and highlights parallels to the Tower of Babel
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The Man Who Invented AGI and the Tower We're Still Building - AI and Faith
In 1997, a physicist named Mark Gubrud coined a term that would eventually drive trillion-dollar valuations and reshape our entire technological future: “Artificial General Intelligence” (AGI). At the...
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December 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Read 2025's last issue of the AI&F Newsletter. Our theme is AI and Environment. Read articles on this topic, including a wrap-up of 2025 from AI and Faith founder David Brenner, a thoughtful consideration of the environmental impacts of AI in Latin America
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AI and Faith December Newsletter
Welcome to the December 2025 issue of the AI and Faith Newsletter, where our theme is AI and Environment.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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This year came with important developments for AI&F including grant funding, conference presentations, and many publications. AI&F founder David Brenner reflects on these contributions, and considers how AI and Faith can rise to meet upcoming AI challenges
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Getting Up to Speed on AI&F’s Strong 2025 - AI and Faith
As 2025 ages out, let’s assess all that our AI and Faith community has accomplished together in the past 12 months to steward AI for beneficial outcomes, seen through theRead More
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December 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Listen to an interview with filmmaker and PhD John O’Keefe, on how changing our current industrial mindset is necessary to save our planet, and the need for a cultural revolution if we want to achieve a future for all.

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Beyond the Factory: Rethinking Our Industrial Mindset for a Sustainable Future #52 - AI and Faith
Listen to an interview with filmmaker and PhD John O’Keefe, on how changing our current industrial mindset is necessary to save our planet, and the need for a cultural revolutionRead More
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December 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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AI and Faith Editor Brady Beard offers his insights from reading Ted Peters' published book "The Promise and Peril of AI and IA: New Technology Meets Religion, Theology, and Ethics"
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The Promise and Peril of AI and IA: New Technology Meets Religion, Theology, and Ethics. Edited by Ted Peters. ATF Press - AI and Faith
Tome. That’s the word that comes to mind when I see The Promise and Peril of AI and IA: New Technology Meets Religion, Theology, and Ethics, edited by Ted Peters,Read More
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December 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Many AI data centers, which utilize large water resources, are now being built in Latin America. AI&F expert Manuel David Morales considers the impact of these data centers on local communities and considers a Christian response to this current buildout.

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AI Impact on Latin America Environment - AI and Faith
AI and Faith expert Manuel David Morales considers the impact of Artificial Intelligence data centers on local communities in Latin America
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December 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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While some questions about AI have been answered in the last few years, many remain a challenge. AI&F Editor Mayla Boguslav introduces “The Ignorance Podcast”, where dives into important questions with experts in AI and other related disciplines

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The Ignorance Podcast: Questions to Ponder - AI and Faith
AI&F Editor Mayla Boguslav introduces “The Ignorance Podcast”, where dives into questions with experts in AI and other related disciplines
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December 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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In her essay “What Star Trek and Genesis Teach us About Consciousness”, AIF expert Marina Zilbergerts explores the mystery of what it means to be human in an age when intelligent expression can be programmed.

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What Star Trek and Genesis Teach Us About Consciousness - 18Forty
If a machine can speak, think, and create—what’s left that only a soul can do?
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December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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The World Council of Churches issued an urgent call to transform AI from profit to life. The communique is a response to the 4th Industrial Revolution and a call for churches to defend ecological integrity in the face of AI related environment issues

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Faith communities issue urgent call to transform AI from profit to life
Faith leaders from six continents have issued a theological response to artificial intelligence and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), calling for a "spiritual revolution" to counter technology's...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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As “love bots” systems become more sophisticated, moving from the screen into artificial bodies, we are confronted with the question: What makes love real? Dr. Harris Bor and Dr. Marina Zilbergerts explore the ethical and psychological frontier of relational AI
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Artificial Love: The Authenticity of Relational AI #51 - AI and Faith
Listen to Dr. Harris Bor and Dr. Marina Zilbergerts explore the ethical, spiritual, and psychological frontier of relational AI.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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One great concern for AI is its effects on younger users. Pope Leo underscored the importance of safeguarding the dignity of minors in “The Dignity of Children and Adolescents in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” Conference in the Vatican
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Pope Leo XIV: Children and adolescents are vulnerable to AI manipulation - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV warns that young people and children could easily be manipulated by artificial intelligence and insists that 'safeguarding minors' ...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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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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AI and Faith November Newsletter
Welcome to the November 2025 issue of the AI and Faith Newsletter, where our theme is AI and Environment.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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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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Will You Help Us Move Strong into 2026 with our Vital Mission? - AI and Faith
We are all watching the already enormous wave of AI-driven change accelerate to ever higher and greater proportions. Meaning our mission at AI&F since 2018 – to bring deep faithRead More
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November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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AIF led an AI Trust and Accountability Council design sprint at Dallas Theological Seminary with 12 AI experts, business leaders, theologians, and faith tech builders. Read a bold framework for how ministries can navigate this transformative technology

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Building a Parapet: How a Two-Day Design Sprint is Shaping the Future of AI in Ministry - AI and Faith
AI and Faith led an AITAC - AI Trust and Accountability Council design sprint at Dallas Theological Seminary
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November 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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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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Thoughts for Christians Building LLM Standards and Benchmarks - AI and Faith
Building and deploying LLMs for spiritual applications is a challenging endeavor that requires careful consideration and ethical benchmarks
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November 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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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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AI and the Great Commission: Asking the right questions
This article is an introduction to various articles presenting research done on how Christians can responsibly leverage the opportunity that Artificial Intelligence presents to accelerate the Great Co...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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From AI healthcare to boundaries of genetic engineering, listen to experts' answers on how our world's greatest wisdom traditions can guide us throughout these new bioethics frontiers.

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Ethics of Life and Mind in the Era of AI #50 - AI and Faith
From AI healthcare to genetic engineering, how can our world's greatest wisdom traditions guide us throughout these frontiers in bioethics?
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November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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AI&F Advisors Glen Weyl and Ben Olsen have been awarded the 2025 International Religious Freedom Peacebuilder's Award by the International Religious Freedom Secretariat. The award was presented in Prague during a ceremony at the Czech National Museum

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AIF Advisors Glen Weyl and Ben Olsen Receive Major Peacebuilders Award in Prague - AI and Faith
AI and Faith Advisors Glen Weyl and Ben Olsen have been awarded the 2025 International Religious Freedom Peacebuilder's Award
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November 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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AI and Faith’s Research Director, Mark Graves, was interviewed on ABC News Live about Christian AI-powered chatbots that simulate religious figures and offer spiritual guidance. To learn more, watch the video with him and James Martin, SJ.

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Video People can text with Jesus on controversial new app that uses AI
ABC News papal contributor Father James Martin SJ said if the app doesn’t lead to real connection with God and with other people, “then it’s pretty hollow.”
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November 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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University of Notre Dame hosted the Summit on AI, Faith, and Human Flourishing, which was attended by AIF members including executive director Dr. Greg Cootsona. Read his reflections and takeaways from the conference
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Insights on AI: A Report from South Bend - Notre Dame Summit on AI, Faith, and Human Flourishing - AI and Faith
I had never been to South Bend before, and one of the first places to which I was directed when I arrive was the outside prayer grotto, just behind theRead More
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November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Pope says theology must address climate change and AI. Pope Leo XIV noted the urgent relevance of the issues saying that “Environmental sustainability and the care of creation are essential commitments to ensure the survival of the human race."
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Theology must address climate change, AI, other real concerns, pope says - Catholic Standard
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November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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When it comes to patient care, how should AI interface with medical professionals? Dr. David Robson considers ways that AI models could aid doctors and caregivers, but warns of potential pitfalls if AI is misused or overused in these contexts.
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Artificial Intelligence in the Medical Field from a Priestly Viewpoint - Part Two - AI and Faith
In his 2010 masterpiece, Nicholas Carr wrote about how the Internet changed everything. He envisioned machines becoming human and humans becoming machines. Reflecting upon the movie 2001: A Space Odys...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Listen to Albert Gombis, a senior leader from the US government, who has spent decades thinking about the integration of tech into our national security. We explore the difficult questions and acts required to ethically bring this technology into the realms of war

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Critical Questions and a Deep Dive into AI‘s Impacts on Wars and Military Conflict with Albert Gombis #49 - AI and Faith
In this episode, we were joined by Al Gombis, a senior leader from the United States government, who has spent decades thinking about the integration of technology into our nationalRead More
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November 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Will there be AI in Heaven? AIF expert Derek Shuurman contemplates the role of AI in eternity. While salvific claims for AI such as technicism and dataism may be misguided, he ponders whether creations like computers and AI, might also be redeemed
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AI Won’t Get Us to Heaven. But It Might Be There When We Arrive. - Christianity Today
If eternity includes harps and the ships of Tarshish, why not computers too?
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November 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Read the October 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, access technology, podcast episodes, and more.

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AI and Faith October Newsletter
Welcome to the October 2025 issue of the AI and Faith Newsletter, where our theme is AI and Bioethics.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM