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Hail Mary! AI in the confessional

We've seen AI chatbots in religious apps before, but a chapel in Lucerne, Switzerland has gone further -- putting artificial intelligence inside a

We’ve seen AI chatbots in religious apps before, but a chapel in Lucerne, Switzerland has gone further — putting artificial intelligence inside a confessional. DW’s report shows the “AI Jesus” in action dispensing machine-generated spiritual advice via an avatar visible inside the wooden enclosure. Priests probably shouldn’t hang up their cassocks just yet, especially as the AI warns parishioners not to share any personal data, such as sins.

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