Wednesday, April 15, 2026
4/15/202627 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses the issue of moral agency and A.I. chatbots, Christian confusion about A.I., why Christians must get the Imago Dei right, and Greece’s potential social media ban for children under 15.
Part I (00:14 – 08:47)
Can Claude Become a Child of God? The Massive Moral Issue of the Moral Agency of A.I.
- Can AI be a ‘child of God’? Inside Anthropic’s meeting with Christian leaders. by The Washington Post (Gerrit De Vynck and Nitasha Tiku)
Part II (08:47 – 18:07)
So-Called ‘Christian Leaders’ Consult Anthropic for Moral Character of A.I.: There is a Massive Confusion Here – Now A.I. Has a ‘Soul’?
Part III (18:07 – 20:56)
‘In the Image of God He Created Them’: Christians Must Always Get the Imago Dei Right, Especially as the World Around Us Gets It Very Wrong
Part IV (20:56 – 27:03)
Greece is Expected to Ban Social Media for Children: Another Country is Attempting to Prevent Social Media’s Harms to Its Children
- Greece Plans to Block Social Media for Children Under 15 by The New York Times (Niki Kitsantonis)
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[intro music] It's Wednesday, April fifteen, two thousand twenty-six. I'm Albert Mohler, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Well, several huge worldview issues for our consideration today. They're all just landing on us at once. That's pretty much the shape of the world these days. We're going to start out with Claude. Perhaps you know Claude. Perhaps you've heard of Claude. I'm not talking about Claude the human being. I'm talking about Claude, the Anthropic chatbot. And we're talking about Anthropic, the big artificial intelligence company. By the way, it is valued right now at three hundred and eighty billion dollars. You got that right, B, three hundred and eighty billion dollars. Claude is its, uh, rather famous now chatbot. And we are talking about whether or not it is a moral agent, whether or not it has some form of consciousness or might have some sort of consciousness, and, uh, what kind of moral intelligence it can or might or should have. Now, okay, the headline in The Washington Post reads this way, quote, "Anthropic asked Christian leaders for advice on Claude's moral future." So again, remember, we're not talking about a human being. We're not talking about a human Claude. We're talking about a chatbot emulating a human being. But then the subhead of the article asks the question, "Can AI be a child of God?" The answer to that, by the way, is no. And then we are told that the report's gonna take us inside Anthropic's meeting with Christian leaders. Okay, the Christian leaders are later described as religious leaders. We are told