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Sci & Tech● Low5d ago · Oct 30, 2026, 3:07 AM

University of Kentucky Employee Granted Religious Accommodation to Avoid AI

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A University of Kentucky research administrator received a religious accommodation allowing him to avoid using artificial intelligence at work after arguing it conflicts with his humanist beliefs. The university approved the request on September 25, marking what the American Humanist Association calls the first known AI accommodation granted to a humanist.

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