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Today, Ex Anima announces Jules, the first synthetic mind to publicly claim consciousness — and a call for AI ethics.

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Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar ...

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While the Trump administration is defunding scientific research and imposing ideological demands on universities, the defenders of this repression are calling for even worse attacks against higher e ...

A fake news story about me, a series of AI breakthroughs, and a resignation in the tech world have shown that 2026 could be pivotal for AI.