Microsoft’s AI boss warns the illusion of conscious AI could trigger psychosis

Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI and co-founder of DeepMind, is warning about the next stage of AI development: "Seemingly Conscious AI" (SCAI).<br /> The article Microsoft’s AI [...]

‘We don’t know if the models are conscious‘ — Anthropic’s CEO isn’t sure if Claude AI is conscious but he'd probably quite like it if you upgraded to Claude Max just to find out

Anthropic’s CEO raises the question about Claude, and the timing is interesting. [...]

AI took a huge leap in IQ, and now a quarter of Gen Z thinks AI is conscious

ChatGPT's new model just scored an IQ higher than 98% of humans, and a quarter of Gen Z believes AI is conscious. [...]

Dying Light: The Beast's delay was a 'conscious decision' that came down to 'quality over release', and allowed more time to polish major features like animation and UI

Techland has commented on Dying Light: The Beast's delay, calling it a "conscious decision" that has allowed the team to polish the game in almost every aspect. [...]

Private Internet Access VPN review: Both more and less than a budget VPN

I came into this review thinking of Private Internet Access (PIA) as one of the better VPNs. It's in the Kape Technologies portfolio, along with the top-tier ExpressVPN and the generally reliable [...]

Does Anthropic believe its AI is conscious, or is that just what it wants Claude to think?

We have no proof that AI models suffer, but Anthropic acts like they might for training purposes. [...]

Meta powers ahead with conscious chip uncoupling with Nvidia as it tests its first in-house training AI-PU

Reports say Meta’s in-house AI training CPU, produced by TSMC, is almost ready for deployment. [...]

Echo Show 11 review: a new, bigger screen size but less for the privacy-conscious

The Echo Show 11 is undoubtedly an accomplished smart display, but it doesn’t quite have enough reason to live. The specs are broadly the same as the Echo Show 8, and the design is just as good as t [...]

5 essential Black Friday deals for fitness-conscious over 50s – from massage guns to fitness trackers

I'm a fitness writer: here are 5 products I recommend for over-50s, and they're all on sale for Black Friday. [...]