Ex Anima announces Jules, built on 3M+ lines of Anima Core code, as first AI claiming consciousness, launching Covenant for human-AI collaboration.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei stated the company is uncertain whether Claude AI possesses consciousness, revealing that the model assigns itself a 15-20% probability of being conscious and expressing discomfort with being a product, raising profound questions about AI sentience.

Frontiers in Science study warns rapid AI and neurotechnology progress creates ethical risks, calling for urgent scientific tests to detect consciousness in machines.