Spiritual Chatbots Go Mainstream as Gurus Roll Out Their Own AI

The AP reports that religious and spiritual leaders are deploying chatbots as people increasingly turn to AI for guidance — a use case the labs never designed for.

A story from outside the usual AI-industry orbit surfaced Friday: @AP reported that spiritual gurus are rolling out chatbots as people turn to AI for spiritual guidance. It's a reminder that the most consequential deployments of this technology often happen far from the labs that build it.

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