OpenAI CEO Sam Altman criticises Anthropic work on 'AI soul', says efforts ascribing spiritual models pose a 'real safety issue'

San Francisco, Oct 4 (UNI) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a veiled jab at Anthropic and its work on the "soul of AI", has said that efforts to give artificial intelligence models of religious or spiritual significance make him "very uncomfortable." "I am very uncomfortable about people trying to ascribe religious force or a surrender of human judgment to AI models, and think it is a real safety issue," Altman said in a post on X on Saturday. His comments come after reports emerged that Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah has been consulting religious leaders about questions regarding AI consciousness, as…