National Catholic Register

Not All Catholic AI Bots Are Creepy: Some New Tools for Learning About the Faith

If you have a question about a teaching of the Catholic Church in 2024, where do you go for a solid answer? You can crack open the catechism yourself, ask a trusted personal source like a priest or ...
America Magazine

Catholic Answers’ AI ‘priest’ laicized after backlash

This is a screenshot of “Father Justin,” an AI chatbot simulating a priest in order to answer questions for teaching apostolate Catholic Answers. (OSV News screenshot/Catholic Answers). (OSV News) — A ...
National Catholic Register

Catholic Answers Pulls Plug on ‘Father Justin’ AI Priest

Father Justin, we hardly knew ye. Less than two days after debuting an artificial intelligence (AI) priest character to overwhelmingly negative reviews, Catholic Answers has given “Father Justin” the ...
IJR

Catholic Organization Creates AI ‘Priest,’ Defrocks Him Almost Immediately After Public Outcry Over Specific Detail

A Catholic media organization called Catholic Answers got itself in a bit of hot water on social media last week when it debuted an app it was calling “Father Justin, your AI Catholic answers advisor, ...
America Magazine

The real lesson behind the ‘Father Justin’ AI priest debacle.

When I meet Father Justin, he is sitting across from the Basilica of St. Francis in a kind of A.I.-Assisi. It appears to be a beautiful day in this artificially assembled Italy. Birds chirp behind him ...