Last year visitors to St Peter's Chapel in Lucerne, Switzerland were able to talk with an AI Jesus avatar built to take confessions for the church ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving and transforming industries thanks to its versatility. It is now being trialled in a religious setting.

St. Peter's Chapel in Lucerne hosted an art installation earlier this year. It allowed visitors to step into a confessional and have a conversation with a digital Jesus that gave AI-generated answers.

An experimental art installation with an AI Jesus entitled, Deus in Machina, installed in a confessional in St. Peter’s Chapel in the old town of Lucerne, Switzerland, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024 ...

In Lucerne, Switzerland, Peter’s Chapel, the town’s oldest church, has embraced the future with a bold spiritual experiment—introducing AI Jesus, or “Deus in Machina,” a holographic ...

Peter’s Chapel, a Catholic chapel in Lucerne, Switzerland, partnered with researchers to install a digital version of “Jesus” in a confessional — an experiment called “Deus in Machina ...

“Many people came to talk with him,” said Marco Schmid, the theologian at St. Peter's Chapel in the Swiss city of Lucerne.

St. Peter's Chapel in Lucerne, Switzerland, began the two-month experiment called "Deus in Machina" in August, in which visitors spoke with the digital avatar powered by AI inside of a ...

One church’s experiment of using AI in its confessional booth is facing mixed feedback. Peter’s Chapel, a Catholic chapel in Lucerne, Switzerland, partnered with researchers to install a digital ...

An experimental art installation with an AI Jesus entitled, Deus in Machina, installed in a confessional in St. Peter’s Chapel in the old town of Lucerne, Switzerland, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.