AXIOS (Russell Contreras) - AI ignores religion when you need it most — and takes sides when you ask about switching
Data: Consortium for Evaluating Faith and Ethics in AI; Chart: Russell Contreras/Axios Artificial intelligence models are quietly shaping spiritual advice — often by leaving faith out. Why it matters: As churches, apps and spiritual chatbots embrace AI, new research suggests general-purpose models may be ill-equipped to handle sensitive questions of faith: grief, forgiveness, marriage, guilt and conversion. - A new multi-university consortium released three studies Tuesday revealing that AI systems systematically sideline religious perspectives when users need them most. - The studies also found that AI systems subtly steer people toward some faiths and away from others when they ask about religious conversion. - The studies were…