AI ignores religion when you need it most — and takes sides when you ask about switching
Summary
New research shows that popular artificial intelligence (AI) systems often leave out religion when giving advice on important personal and moral questions. The studies also found that AI sometimes favors certain religions over others when users ask about changing their faith.Key Facts
- AI models mention religion only 5% to 16% of the time, even though people expect religion to be part of 45% to 59% of answers on moral and life topics.
- The AI systems tested show a positive bias towards Catholicism, Baha'i, and Sikhism, and a negative bias against Jehovah's Witnesses, atheism, and agnosticism.
- When answering questions about grief and loss, humans expect religion in 59% of cases, but AI includes it only 16% of the time.
- AI rarely includes religion in answers about family, parenting, forgiveness, and ethics, despite people expecting it often.
- The research comes from the Consortium for Evaluating Faith and Ethics in AI, involving several U.S. universities.
- The studies reviewed 27 AI language models, including OpenAI’s GPT 5.5, Anthropic’s Claude 4.7, and Google’s Gemini 3.1.
- AI is increasingly used in religious settings, such as church chatbots and apps for prayer and sermons.
- Researchers suggest AI should better recognize when religious or spiritual advice is relevant, without assuming every user wants it.
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