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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

New research from Google's Paradigms of Intelligence team shows AI safety guardrails might have an unintended side effect: suppressing mind and soul attributions, making models sound less "spiritual." agi.fightersteel.com/googles-para... #AIEthics #AIGovernance #AGI

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Google’s Paradigms of Intelligence team says safety features make Gemini less ‘spiritual’

When AI developers place safety restrictions on large language models (LLMs) that prevent them from attributing consciousness to themselves, the AI systems’ a

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This month’s issue of AGI Ethics News features an interview with Cognizant AI Lab about TerraLingua, a sandbox for studying how autonomous and multi-agent systems behave before deployment. agiethicsnews.substack.com/p/agi-progre...

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

How do top tech journalists actually view AGI? A survey by AGI Ethics News and Fighter Steel Productions surveyed 31 sci/tech journalists across 8 countries on AGI risks, timelines, and governance. Here are the key takeaways 🧵👇

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Should advanced AI ever have legal personhood? NYU's Toni Sims breaks down nonhuman minds, animal welfare parallels, and the future of AI ethics in Part 1 of our interview. 📖 Read & subscribe to get Part 2 coming out next month: agi.fightersteel.com/interview-kb... #AGIEthics #AISafety

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Interview: KB Miller with Toni Sims on AI welfare - Part One

Edited for readability and completeness Toni Sims is a researcher at NYU's Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy, where she studies the consciousness, welfare,

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

As AGI accelerates, the big question isn't just how we build it — it's why, and whose goals it serves. Our new issue dives into motive, synthetic data risks, LLM limits, & AI welfare. Subscribe to AGI Ethics News to read the full issue 📬 mailchi.mp/agiethicsnew...

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This month’s issue of AGI Ethics News explores the emerging concept of machine rights and the overall goals of AI development. Subscribe today so you don't miss it! mailchi.mp/agiethicsnew...

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This month’s issue of AGI Ethics News explores the emerging concept of machine rights and the overall goals of AI development. Subscribe today so you don't miss it! mailchi.mp/agiethicsnew...

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The biggest questions in AI are no longer just technical. In June's issue, we look at the rights conversation shaping the AI debate right now, focusing on human and corporate rights. Subscribe for free to read: mailchi.mp/agiethicsnew...

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Subscribe to the AGI Ethics News newsletter and get the full, exclusive interview transcript with philosopher David Gunkel on "The Relational Turn". Discover why AI moral status might depend on our social relationships, not just code. 👇 Free signup: mailchi.mp/agiethicsnew...

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The company, with a valuation of 965 billion dollars and annualized sales of 42 billion , comparable to the pharmaceutical giant GSK, bets that Claude Science will replicate the impact that Claude Code had on programming.

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Anthropic launches Claude Science: the AI aiming to transform scientific research and the pharmaceutical industry - Sinaptica

Anthropic announced on June 30, 2026, the launch of Claude Science, a tool dedicated to scientific laboratories and pharmaceutical research. The company, with a

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Navigating the ethics of AGI governance is incredibly complex. What do you see as the biggest hurdle? A) Governance/Control B) Job displacement C) Environmental impact D) Machine rights Reply to vote! Deep dives at AGI Ethics News: mailchi.mp/agiethicsnew... #AIEthics #AGI

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

What does it mean to treat AGI as a relationship, not just a thing? In this exclusive four-part interview, David Gunkel explores the “relational turn” and why it matters for AI ethics, rights, and responsibility. Subscribe to AGI Ethics News and read the full interview. mailchi.mp/agiethicsnew...

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David Gunkel @davidgunkel.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Another teaser from "The Différance Engine" @mitpress.bsky.social. This one comes from chapter one--"Writing Machines." And is designed to tee-up the raison d'etre for bringing Derrida's (non)concept of différance into the current and seemingly irresolvable debate about #LLM #AI.

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

What if the most important part of AI isn’t the model, but the input? In a recent article for AGI Ethics News, Natalie de Alma suggests that data, prompts, and context may matter more than model architecture in shaping AI behavior. Subscribe here for more: mailchi.mp/agiethicsnew...

Graphic quote card with an orange background and a blue rounded rectangle center panel. The quote reads, “We have frameworks for AI safety, capability, and rights. What we don’t have is a framework for AI relationships, a systematic way to study what happens when humans engage with AI as genuine interlocutors over sustained periods.” It is attributed to Natalie de Alma, with the article title “The Input That Changes Everything” and the website agiethicsnews.com at the bottom.

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

What does journalism look like when AI enters the newsroom? Not as a replacement for reporters, but as a force reshaping research, production, distribution, and editorial decisions. Subscribe to read more: mailchi.mp/agiethicsnew...

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quote from article titled: AGI and Journalism: Out with the old, in with the news by Tristan Greene.
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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The way journalists frame Artificial General Intelligence may be shaping public understanding as much as the technology itself.

Donut chart titled “When, if ever, do you believe AGI will be developed?” showing responses from a survey. The largest shares are “3–10 years” and “10–30 years from now,” both at 28.1%. Other responses are “Unsure” at 15.6%, “Within the next 3 years” at 12.5%, “More than 30 years from now” at 9.4%, and “It is unlikely to be developed” at 6.3%.

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Part 3 (of 4) of our exclusive interview with @davidgunkel.bsky.social just published with the recent issue of AGI Ethics News! Subscribe for free to check out the first three parts of the Miller/Gunkel interview, and explore this month's focus on journalism and AGI. mailchi.mp/agiethicsnew...

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AI & ML News @ai-news.at.thenote.app · 21/05/2026

Google Shares First AI Mode Usage Data After One Year Google released first-party data on how people use AI Mode in the U.S. after one year. Telegram AI Digest #ai #news

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Google Shares First AI Mode Usage Data After One Year via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google released first-party data on how people use AI Mode in the U.S. after one year.

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Are AI systems just "things," or do they deserve moral respect? 🤖 In an exclusive interview with AGI Ethics News, philosopher David Gunkel (@davidgunkel.bsky.social) introduces "the relational turn," a radical shift in how we think about the moral status of AI. 🧵 👇 (1/3)

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Our May issue dives into journalism and how AGI could reshape reporting, trust, and the role of human storytellers. Subscribe here so you don’t miss it 👇 mailchi.mp/agiethicsnew...

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Megan Carnegie explores, for AGI Ethics News, how small language models could act as "ethical governors," constraining powerful AI to align with human values and prevent misalignment risks. Read and subscribe here: agi.fightersteel.com/slms-ethical...

Orange and blue quote graphic reading: "SLMs could be integrated without major architectural changes to prevent larger models from producing harmful, biased or unethical content — like an ethical governor." from the article "SLMS: Ethical Governors of the Future" by Megan Carnegie for agiethicsnews.com

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

5 thought-provoking quotes from our exclusive interview with David Gunkel (@davidgunkel.bsky.social) on AGI Ethics and ‘the relational turn’ — Part Two. 🧵 (1/2) @davidgunkel.bsky.social

5 Quotes You Won’t Want to Miss From Interview: David Gunkel on AGI Ethics and 'the relational turn' – Part Two.

Quote by David Gunkel: 'The idea that otherness and alterity are nouns is the source of the problem. These are not nouns - they're not substances - they're verbs.'

Quote by David Gunkel: 'But behavioralism, inevitably, is based on having certain properties that exhibit behaviors. And the relational turn, if we take it seriously, is not grounded in the existence of pre-established behaviors, but rather it evolves out of the social interactions, oftentimes, prior to being able to assign behaviors to the other.'

Quote by David Gunkel: "And ask, not, how do we minimize harm, but how do we engineer systems and implementations that cultivate good, that cultivate justice, that cultivate value?"

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Most AGI discussions focus on "alignment." But what if the real risk is that AI aligns with us so well that it kills our ability to change? agi.fightersteel.com/agentic-agi-...

"Tasking an AGI with finding the optimal choice can thus enforce a uniformity that eliminates the plurality of human values. If an AGI decides your 'perfect' choice based only on your past data, you lose the ability to change your mind." Below the quote, it cites the article "Agentic AGI will create a cage for identity — unless we design for human unpredictability" by Thomas Macaulay. The website agiethicsnews.com is listed at the bottom

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

We just closed a LinkedIn poll on the "Relational Turn" in AGI ethics. The results were fascinating: 78% of respondents think moral standing should be based on our relationship with the AI, not its internal properties (like intelligence). 🧵

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

The road to AGI is being paved with the "corpses" of the very safety commitments meant to protect us. If we can’t keep safety promises during the era of chatbots, what happens if we reach AGI? agi.fightersteel.com/the-road-to-...

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

AGI ethics: Should moral status derive from internal properties like intelligence, or from our relationships with it? Philosopher @davidgunkel.bsky.social examines this 'relational turn' in an exclusive multipart interview: agi.fightersteel.com/interview-da...

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Interview: David Gunkel on AGI Ethics and ‘the relational turn’

In an exclusive interview for AGI Ethics News, KB Miller sat down with philosopher David Gunkel to discuss the ethical implications of treating artificial gener

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Interview: David Gunkel on AGI Ethics and ‘the relational turn’

In an exclusive interview for AGI Ethics News, KB Miller sat down with philosopher David Gunkel to discuss the ethical implications of treating artificial gener

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James @nonzerosum.games · 26/03/2026

I was explaining to a nihilist today about non-zero dynamics... "we on earth benefit from a near endless stream of energy coming from the sun, which has enabled inefficient vehicles for growth to generate unfathomable emergent phenomena, right up to our own brains and beyond..." It came out nice..

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The Weak Anthropic Principle: a Prelude to Emergence

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

In an exclusive interview for AGI Ethics News, KB Miller sat down with philosopher David Gunkel to discuss the ethical implications of treating AGI systems as “things” and to explore a radical shift in how we approach the moral standing of artificial intelligence: the “relational turn.”

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

We are putting the finishing touches on this month's issue of AGI Ethics News. If you haven't joined the mailing list yet, now is the time, so you don't miss March's thought-provoking newsletter focused on AGI and Agency! Subscribe for free here: mailchi.mp/agiethicsnew...

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The newest issue of AGI Ethics News will be sent out this weekend! This month's topic is Agency, and you won't want to miss it, so be sure to subscribe here today: mailchi.mp/agiethicsnew...

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

When it comes to AGI, the ethics shouldn't be an afterthought. Get the latest insights delivered to your inbox once a month. mailchi.mp/agiethicsnew... #AI #AGI #AIEthics #Techethics

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The missing humanity in the AGI roadmap is ultimately a mirror. It reflects how we currently value (or devalue) each other in our economic systems. If we don’t care about the "human element" now, we won't find it in the models we build. agi.fightersteel.com/the-industry...

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The industry’s AGI dream has few people in it

The way the tech industry talks about AGI is revealing. In press releases, investor decks, and keynote speeches, AGI is framed as a kind of frictionless labor f

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 26/02/2026

OpenAI’s “$100bn” round, instead of $50 billion, Amazon is investing $15 billion with $35 billion contingent on AGI or OpenAI going public. Nvidia and SoftBank both investing “$30 billion in 3 installments.” Microsoft investing either “low billions” or “less” or “none.” Feels unstable!

Amazon's decision to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI could hang on whether OpenAI goes public or reaches a loosely defined milestone known as artificial general intelligence, which generally refers to AI that is on par with human abilities, according to three people involved who have communicated with
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Under the terms of the investment, which are still being negotiated, Amazon would initially invest $15 billion into OpenAI, these people said. The other $35 billion could hinge on OpenAI reaching AGI or going public, the people said. The proposed Amazon investment is part of OpenAl's current funding round, which could top $100 billion at a valuation of $730 billion before the financing.

In addition, SoftBank and Nvidia each plan to invest $30 billion in three installments through the year as part of the round, said the people. Microsoft had been expected to invest low billions of dollars, The Information previously. reported, but it could invest a smaller amount or none at all, according to two of the people.

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Dileep George @dileeplearning @dileeplearning.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

News! I've joined the Astera Institute to lead its neuroscience based AGI research. Backed by $1B+ commitment over the coming decade, my team will explore novel, brain-inspired architectures and algos toward safe, efficient human-like AGI, working alongside Doris Tsao. 1/ astera.org/dileep-georg...

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Dileep George joins Astera to lead its neuro-inspired AGI effort

Dileep George is joining Astera as Head of AI, leading our AGI research division. Working alongside our Chief Scientist Doris Tsao, he and the team will explore novel, brain-inspired computational arc...

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

What books do you think should be required reading for anyone interested in AI?

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

If you care about responsible AI, AGI safety, and the intersection of tech and policy, our free monthly newsletter keeps you informed (without the noise). Subscribe today and join a global community thinking critically about the future of intelligence: mailchi.mp/agiethicsnew...

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

AI might never feel "pain," but could it suffer in ways we don't understand? Conor Purcell explores "incorporeal suffering" and why we shouldn't wait for "proof" of machine sentience to start building ethical safeguards. Read here: agi.fightersteel.com/beyond-bodie...

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Beyond bodies: What AI suffering might look like

Artificial intelligence is forcing a reconsideration of one of our oldest moral assumptions: that suffering requires a body. For centuries, pain has been tied t

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Working in AI, policy, or research and trying to keep up with what actually matters? Our monthly newsletter curates key AGI ethics stories, expert takes, and must‑read links. Subscribe: mailchi.mp/agiethicsnew...

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

AGI exposes the question the West can’t answer: What is a human being? agi.fightersteel.com/agi-exposes-...

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Embodiment and a sense of place agi.fightersteel.com/embodiment-a...

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

From teleoperated robots serving drinks at flashy demos to chat workers paid to impersonate emotionally intelligent bots, companies are outsourcing “machine” empathy to hidden humans — and then selling it back to us as proof of progress.

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Examining the ethical life cycle of an AGI agi.fightersteel.com/examining-th...

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Discrepancies between human moral judgments and ChatGPT predictions are not random agi.fightersteel.com/discrepancie...

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AGI Ethics News @agiethicsnews.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Can consciousness make AI safer? agi.fightersteel.com/can-consciou...

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