Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman criticized rival Anthropic's approach to training Claude on September 16–17, 2026, arguing against teaching the model it may be conscious or possess welfare interests. The dispute centers on philosophical assumptions baked into rival AI systems.
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Microsoft AI chief calls out Anthropic's approach to AI consciousness Reuters
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman has criticized rival Anthropic’s approach to training Claude, arguing that teaching the model it may be conscious, have welfare interests or deserve independent agency could make advanced AI systems harder to control. In an essay and interviews published this week, Suleyman said current AI systems do not have feelings, consciousness, innate preferences or underl