The AI-sentience conversation was recently elevated in the Anthropic-War Department controversy. Much of it centered on technology advancing faster than legislation can keep up, and when something can ...

When researchers tried to curb an AI model’s ability to deceive, they stumbled on a stranger behavior: the system became more likely to insist it was conscious. The finding cuts against the usual ...

Silicon Valley companies are pursuing the development of sentient artificial intelligence. Ohio lawmakers are considering House Bill 469, which would prohibit AI from gaining legal personhood. Brendan ...

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As a journalist who covers AI, I hear from countless people who seem utterly convinced that ChatGPT, Claude, or some other chatbot has achieved “sentience.” Or “consciousness.” Or—my personal favorite ...