Religious Leaders Mobilize Against AI, Creating New Political Risk for Tech Industry

Religious leaders across Christian, Jewish, and multifaith traditions are launching an unprecedented coordinated push to regulate artificial intelligence, positioning faith-based concerns as a new political force that challenges Silicon Valley's acceleration agenda. The movement, brought into sharp focus at the Pro-Human Assembly in Washington on September 15, 2026, has drawn Pope Leo XIV, evangelical leaders, and Catholic bishops into direct confrontation with tech companies over what they characterize as catastrophic risks to humanity.