AI RELIGION
Is Silicon Valley getting spiritual again?
Former Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger is now leading Gloo, a tech company that builds digital tools for churches.
He joined a few months after leaving Intel and facing shareholder lawsuits.
Gloo offers software similar to Salesforce but for faith groups, including chatbots and AI helpers for ministry work.
The company has raised $110m and says it supports more than 140,000 faith and nonprofit leaders.
Its tools run on top of existing AI models but are adjusted to match users’ religious beliefs.
Gelsinger, a born-again Christian, says his goal is to create technology that could help “hasten the coming of Christ’s return.”
While Gloo is small compared with major AI platforms, ChatGPT alone reports 800m weekly users, its rise reflects a growing Christian influence in parts of Silicon Valley.
In brief:
Gloo builds faith-aligned AI tools with $110m raised
Gelsinger compares AI to the printing press for the Church
Early testing revealed safety issues in Gloo’s new model
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Gelsinger has compared the growth of AI to the invention of the printing press, saying the Church should play a role in shaping it.
To grow the movement, Gloo recently helped run a three-day hackathon with 600+ participants and $250,000 in prize money.
During the event, a developer managed to get Gloo’s new (pre-beta) AI model to list a meth recipe, highlighting early safety issues.
Gloo says testers were invited to find problems.
Jesus really on the side waiting for the right AI tool to bring about his second coming... - MV