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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
Technology
Asharq Al-Awsat

It's (not) Alive! Google Row Exposes AI Troubles

Google is at the center of a recent row over artificial intelligence. Fabrice COFFRINI AFP/File

An internal fight over whether Google built technology with human-like consciousness has spilled into the open, exposing the ambitions and risks inherent in artificial intelligence that can feel all too real.

The Silicon Valley giant suspended one of its engineers last week who argued the firm's AI system LaMDA seemed "sentient," a claim Google officially disagrees with.

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