OpenAI, Anthropic Meet Faith Leaders at Inaugural Faith-AI Covenant in NYC
OpenAI and Anthropic joined religious leaders in New York last week for the inaugural "Faith-AI Covenant" roundtable, organized by the Geneva-based Interfaith Alliance for Safer Communities. The event brought together representatives from seven faith traditions—including the Hindu Temple Society of North America, the Baha'i International Community, the Sikh Coalition, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the New York Board of Rabbis, and the Archdiocese of Newark—to establish shared ethical principles for AI development. The roundtable launches a series of seven global convenings through 2026 in Beijing, Bengaluru, Nairobi, Paris, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi. Anthropic has already signaled its commitment to this approach: in March, it hosted approximately 15 Christian leaders at its headquarters to discuss how its Claude AI system responds to moral questions around grief and self-harm.