An article last week in Business Insider suggests that the next battlefield for religious accommodation under Title VII may be artificial intelligence. Business Insider reports in part:
Opposed to using AI for her software-engineering job, Erin Maus secured something of a miracle from her employer: a religious exemption.
Maus, a Unitarian Universalist, said she proposed the special treatment in April, citing environmental and ethical objections to AI that don't align with her religious beliefs. She also said she consulted an employment lawyer and her local chapter's minister to help make her case.
Maus was granted the accommodation in mid-May, according to an email seen by Business Insider....
... The technology has also recently drawn scrutiny from Pope Leo XIV, who warned last month that AI could undermine human dignity and displace workers if left unchecked, in a more than 42,000-word encyclical.
Some people have interpreted the pontiff's letter as grounds for religious objections to using AI in the workplace. It's a stance that carries real legal weight, given that federal law requires employers to consider faith-based requests....
