Is A.I. Above the Law?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/09/28/is-ai-above-the-law
Our legal system isn’t ready for machines that act on their own.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/09/28/is-ai-above-the-law
Our legal system isn’t ready for machines that act on their own.
Does Claude Have Rights?
https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/anthropic-training-claude-to-believe-it-may-have-rights-by-mustafa-suleyman-2026-09
Given the many differences between brains and LLMs, claiming that an AI is or might be conscious requires a high bar of evidence. But Anthropic’s constitution for Claude brushes that caveat aside, suggesting that we attribute sentience to non-biological beings.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/anthropic-training-claude-to-believe-it-may-have-rights-by-mustafa-suleyman-2026-09
Given the many differences between brains and LLMs, claiming that an AI is or might be conscious requires a high bar of evidence. But Anthropic’s constitution for Claude brushes that caveat aside, suggesting that we attribute sentience to non-biological beings.