This is theater but even so the implicit Christian nationalism from the self-described liberal utilitarian AI startup is rather telling and damning. It fits with their broader support for hawkish foreign policy (all-US staff, neo cold war framings) alongside performative guilt & calls for regulation

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/04/11/anthropic-christians-claude-morals/

Can AI be a ‘child of God’? Inside Anthropic’s meeting with Christian leaders.

Anthropic met with Christian leaders including from Catholic and Protestant churches to discuss its chatbot Claude’s moral development.

The Washington Post
Among OpenAI, Anthropic, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and the rest it’s highly unclear and shifting to me which one is the greater and lesser evil, a real race to the bottom. Being able to survive war or a curtain falling between say US, Canada, EU, India (much less other places) is an important negative indicator