# Anthropic Convenes Religious Scholars Under Nondisclosure to Debate Claude's Moral Status

Roughly 20 religious and philosophical leaders joined sessions on the model's constitution and possible consciousness, as separate survey work finds women consistently more wary of AI than men.

- Published: 2026-10-01T06:20:51.871Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-10-01/anthropic-convenes-religious-scholars-under-nondisclosure-to
- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
- Section: world
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The New York Times reported that Anthropic has been bringing religious and philosophical thinkers into closed sessions to help shape the values written into Claude, a summary the Telegram channel AI Post relayed. According to secondary cove…

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