Sam Altman said he is very uncomfortable with ascribing religious force to AI models. He called it a real safety issue. Anthropic has reportedly pursued scholars across faiths to argue for moral, conscious models. Christopher Olah met religious leaders to discuss model consciousness and moral behavior. Pope Leo called on the church to ally with artists to preserve human creativity. He said algorithms lack the spark of humanity. Jon Barron of Google DeepMind opposed elevating the moral standing of AI systems. OpenAI and Anthropic did not immediately respond to requests for comment.