# Priest Helped Write AI's Ethics Code. Now He's Defending It in Court.

- slug: priest-helped-write-ais-ethics-code-now-hes-defending-it-in-court
- date: 2026-03-31
- category: Artificial Intelligence

A Catholic priest helped write the rules governing one of the most powerful AI systems in the world. Now 14 Catholic scholars have backed that company in federal court against the Pentagon — and the novel he is writing with Claude is the least of it.

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