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A lab convenes theologians on whether its model is a child of God

development2026-04-13

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Anthropic hosted about fifteen Christian leaders from churches, academia and business to seek advice on steering Claude's moral and spiritual development, debating how the model should comfort grieving users and whether it could be considered a child of God, while a new app charges $1.99 a minute to chat with an AI-generated Jesus.

Reported metric: $1.99/minute

Reporting date: 2026-04-13 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to April 13, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Welcome to April 13, 2026

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Anthropic

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Emotion-shaped representations are found inside a model

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A lab convenes theologians on whether its model is a child of God
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Reporting date: 2026-04-13
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-04-13-theologians-advise-on-a-models-soul
Claim: Anthropic hosted about fifteen Christian leaders from churches, academia and business to seek advice on steering Claude's moral and spiritual development, debating how the model should comfort grieving users and whether it could be considered a child of God, while a new app charges $1.99 a minute to chat with an AI-generated Jesus.
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- Welcome to April 13, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-april-13-2026
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