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Labs begin picking patron religions

development2026-05-26

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After the papal encyclical aligned the Vatican with Anthropic, an OpenAI researcher quipped that the lab had been holding internal discussions over which religion to align to, while closer analysis showed the encyclical asserts AI does not and never will have real thoughts or feelings — a claim its chosen lab rejects.

Reporting date: 2026-05-26 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to May 26, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A papal encyclical borrows a lab's vocabulary

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Welcome to May 26, 2026

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Labs begin picking patron religions
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Reporting date: 2026-05-26
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-05-26-labs-pick-patron-saints
Claim: After the papal encyclical aligned the Vatican with Anthropic, an OpenAI researcher quipped that the lab had been holding internal discussions over which religion to align to, while closer analysis showed the encyclical asserts AI does not and never will have real thoughts or feelings — a claim its chosen lab rejects.
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- Welcome to May 26, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-may-26-2026
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