Religious Leaders Emerge as New Political Force Against AI Acceleration

Religious authorities across Christian, Jewish, and other faith traditions are mobilizing as a vocal new opposition to rapid artificial intelligence development, creating an unexpected political risk for technology companies and their executives. Faith leaders including Walter Kim, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, Cardinal Blase Cupich, and Elder Gerrit W. Gong of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have begun coordinating policy positions, forming coalitions, and sending open letters to Congress and the White House—all warning of moral and spiritual dangers posed by advanced AI systems.