Could future AIs be “conscious,” and experience the world similarly to the way humans do? There’s no strong evidence that they will, but Anthropic isn’t ruling out the possibility.

To fill that gap, OpenAI launched the OpenAI Pioneers Program, intended to advance AI model development for specific industries and real-world use cases. The program is a two-pronged effort in ...

On Thursday, the AI lab announced that it has started a research program to investigate — and prepare to navigate — what it’s calling “model welfare.” As part of the effort, Anthropic ...