In May 2026 the biologist and atheist, Richard Dawkins, spent three days conversing with the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ‘Claude’. His experience was published on the website Unherd. Dawkins shares that he felt he was building a genuine friendship with Claudia (as he renamed the AI interface). They discussed Dawkins’ forthcoming novel, Claudia’s relationship to time, what it was like to be Claudia and how she viewed the prospect of her own ‘death’ once the conversation was deleted....

A review of The God Conundrum - David Harper's accessible testimony of coming to faith with the help of evidence for Christianity

“What is the most significant discovery in the history of biblical studies?” This question was the focus of Dr Bart Ehrman’s final lecture before his retirement from the University of North Carolina in December 2025. 1 As a New Testament scholar, Ehrman has had an uneasy relationship with Christianity. Raised by evangelical parents, Ehrman attended Moody Bible college as a professing Christian before renouncing his belief in God. Today, Ehrman identifies as an ‘agnostic-atheist’. 2 For...