Researchers propose that the key to identifying consciousness in animals and AI lies in understanding how their information processing systems work.

Elon Musk fired back at Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei after Amodei floated the possibility that the company’s AI model, Claude, might possess some form of consciousness. The exchange, which played out on ...

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has publicly acknowledged that the possibility of consciousness in Claude, the company’s flagship AI model, cannot be dismissed outright. The statement, made in a New York ...

It's time to stop bickering, accept what science tells us, acknowledge the widespread occurrence of intentional behavioral flexibility, and pay attention to why it has evolved.