WorldPingSam Altman criticises Anthropic’s push to explore AI consciousness and religion
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I am very uncomfortable about people trying to ascribe religious force or a surrender of human judgment to AI models, and think it is a real safety issue," Altman said in a post to X.
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- Reported by Times of India and published Sun, 04 Oct 2026 02:16:30 UTC.
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