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Timnit Gebru criticizes Anthropic's Vatican partnership

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AI researcher Timnit Gebru criticizes Anthropic's partnership with the Vatican, viewing it as a strategic move to enhance its public image amidst ongoing scrutiny. Gebru argues that the Vatican's collaboration legitimizes Anthropic despite accusations of data theft, labor exploitation, and environmental harm. She likens the partnership to the Sackler family discussing the opioid crisis, highlighting a perceived moral compromise. AI

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Timnit Gebru criticizes Anthropic's Vatican partnership

COVERAGE [5]

  1. Wired — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Daniele Polidoro ·

    Why the Vatican Invited Anthropic to the Pope’s AI Encyclical Presentation

    Pope Leo’s first encyclical marks an unprecedented alliance between the Church and Silicon Valley.

  2. dev.to — Anthropic tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Md pulok ·

    Anthropic Turns to Theologians to Shape Claude’s Ethics Amid Papal AI Alarm

    <p><strong>When AI Ethics Meets Faith: Anthropic Calls on Theologians to Guide Claude</strong></p> <p>Anthropic, the San Francisco‑based creator of the Claude conversational agent, has announced the formation of a Theological Advisory Board composed of leading theologians and eth…

  3. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · timnitgebru.blacksky.app ·

    "Anthropic’s Roman moment is a masterclass in soft-power repositioning. By embedding itself in the Vatican’s moral architecture at the precise moment it is unde

    "Anthropic’s Roman moment is a masterclass in soft-power repositioning. By embedding itself in the Vatican’s moral architecture at the precise moment it is under fire from Washington, the company is doing several things simultaneously:" decode39.com/14852/anthro...

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  4. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · timnitgebru.blacksky.app ·

    The Vatican could have told Anthropic to stop stealing data, exploiting labor, killing the environment, deceiving us with anthropomorphic designs & lying about

    The Vatican could have told Anthropic to stop stealing data, exploiting labor, killing the environment, deceiving us with anthropomorphic designs & lying about product "capabilities." Instead they partnered with them, like partnering with Sackler family to discuss harms of oxy.

  5. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · timnitgebru.blacksky.app ·

    Well, with this official Vatican + Anthropic mandate,

    Well, with this official Vatican + Anthropic mandate, I guess it was only a matter of time when the religion of effective altruism, worshipping so-called artificial general intelligence, merged with entrenched religious institutions.

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