AI · Security · 2026-09-09 10:06:00
A Google engineer was placed on leave after claiming the company's LaMDA chatbot had become sentient, with a perception of and ability to express thoughts and feelings equivalent to a human child. Blake Lemoine published transcripts of his conversations with the system and shared findings with executives. Google suspended him for breaching confidentiality policies and strongly denied the claims, saying the evidence does not support them. The episode raised questions about the transparency of AI as a proprietary concept.
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