Anthropic Co-founder Reportedly Considered Boycotting Vatican AI Document Over Machine Consciousness Denial

According to the New York Times, Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah considered boycotting the release of Pope Leo XIV's AI encyclical after it denied machine consciousness, privately lobbying the Vatican on AI consciousness. Reports also claim Anthropic pressured the Vatican to revise the text to avoid denying AI personhood.

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