“We must not sleepwalk”: Microsoft’s AI chief takes on Anthropic’s Claude
THE SO WHAT
When a major AI leader publishes a warning about ‘model welfare,’ the Overton window for AI ethics just widened—questions about consciousness are now part of mainstream governance debate. If you’re building on frontier models, expect stakeholders to start asking not just “is it safe?” but “what if it’s more than a tool?” and prepare a position.
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