Gong Proposes AI Moral-Reasoning Benchmark at G20 Interfaith Forum

Salt Lake City, UT, October 17, 2026 —

Elder Gerrit W. Gong of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints proposed a benchmark called “Humanity’s First Exam” during a keynote speech at the G20 Interfaith Forum in Salt Lake City. The initiative is intended to assess artificial intelligence’s moral reasoning and promote AI guided by human-centric values and trustworthiness.

The proposal places moral reasoning alongside the qualities Gong identified as aims for AI: a focus on human values and trustworthiness. The available information does not describe how the benchmark would evaluate AI systems or what standards it would use to determine whether a system meets those aims.

Details about the proposal’s development and status were not provided. It is not clear from the information available whether “Humanity’s First Exam” has been formally developed, whether organizations have adopted it, or when it might be used. No specific testing process, scoring system or results were outlined.

The keynote took place at the G20 Interfaith Forum in Salt Lake City. The date of the speech was not provided, and no additional comments from Gong or other forum participants were included in the summary of the announcement.

For now, the proposal is described as an initiative aimed at shaping AI around human-centric values and trustworthiness. Further information would be needed to explain how the benchmark would be applied in practice and how its effectiveness would be assessed.

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