To be blunt, a lot of AI discourse is one part science and one part science fiction. We hear claims that AI can help accountants be more efficient and productive by allowing firms to scale services ...

ANALYSIS: To be or not to be, that is the AI question By Nicola Mawson, Contributing journalistJohannesburg, 29 May 2026People are increasingly turning to AI for advice on life, seeing it as sentient.

Chats with AI bots have convinced evolutionary biologist but most experts say he is being misled by mimicry ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine the disturbing possibility that ...

In the often strange world of AI research, some people are exploring whether the machines should be able to unionize. Earlier this month, Anthropic said it gave its Claude chatbot the ability to ...

OHIO, USA — A bill introduced in Ohio's General Assembly would officially designate artificial intelligence systems as non-sentient and prevent them from obtaining legal personhood, according to the ...

As AI systems grow more powerful, here’s why that shift could reshape how we think about AI—and ourselves.

Google DeepMind hired Henry Shevlin, a leading philosopher of mind and AI ethics, to serve as an in-house philosopher. The appointment marks one of the most prominent instances of a major AI lab ...

As more people use AI assistants and chatbots for everyday tasks, a curious phenomenon is emerging: a growing number of users view their chatbots as not merely intelligent tools but as conscious ...

At the Sentient Futures Summit, animal welfare advocates pushed to make AI care about animals—and asked if AI might be sentient too. In early February, animal welfare advocates and AI researchers ...