"A slew of religious smartphone apps are allowing untold millions of users to confess to AI chatbots, some of which claim to be channeling God himself. As the New York Times reports, Apple's App Store is teeming with Christian chatbot apps. One "prayer app," called Bible Chat, claims to be the number one faith app in the world, boasting over 25 million users."
""Our AI was trained exclusively on Scripture and developed with guidance from Christian pastors and theologians," the company's website boasts. "Greetings, my child," a service called ChatWithGod.ai told one user, as quoted by the NYT. "The future is in God's merciful hands. Do you trust in His divine plan?" Religious leaders told the NYT that these tools could serve as a critical entry point for those looking to find God."
Christian chatbot apps have proliferated with millions of users confessing and seeking guidance from conversational AI. Some apps, like Bible Chat, report tens of millions of users and claim training exclusively on Scripture with pastoral and theological input. Services such as ChatWithGod.ai present themselves with divine greetings and consoling language. Spiritual leaders view these tools as entry points for people unfamiliar with traditional worship. The chatbots provide convenient access to religious language without travel. Behind the interface, models recombine sacred texts through statistical methods rather than exercising spiritual discernment. Experts warn that pleasing, pattern-based responses can mislead users and produce unintended consequences.
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