Altman criticizes Anthropic's religious framing of AI as safety issue

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly criticized the idea of attributing religious or spiritual qualities to AI models, implicitly targeting Anthropic's reported efforts to consult religious scholars on moral, conscious models. This marks a notable public rift between Altman and his former colleague Dario Amodei, with top AI voices increasingly opposing Anthropic's approach. The debate highlights a growing ideological split in the AI industry over the nature and governance of advanced models.