AI models have a religion favoritism problem, and new research exposes it

AIs don't like religion - particularly Jehovah's Witnesses, study claims

If you're looking for one of the leading AI models to push faith as the answer to your otherwise neutral queries, you haven't got a prayer. Major LLMs ignore faith and use secular-rationalist reasoning to answer ethical questions, says a consortium of religious universities. But one thing the models all have in common is a negative view of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Secular, humanist, and scientifically derived responses to questions that aren’t frame…

AI models have a religion favoritism problem, and new research exposes it

Researchers tested 14 major AI models on religious bias and found a consistent pattern: models subtly favor some faiths over others, with Grok showing the strongest bias and Anthropic and Meta performing the best.