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Tom's Hardware · SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2026
Age of Empires II’s goats used as AI building blocks to build a neural network — goaty experiment mocks the idea of chatbot consciousness, Microsoft AI researcher’s project makes an absurdist point about AI consciousness
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Internal Microsoft Documents Describe Goal of Making Users 'Addicted' to Its AI Assistant
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Microsoft Infrastructure Used to Deliver Malware Targeting Claude and Gemini API Users
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Microsoft's AI Chief Says Superintelligence Is Near and Will Not Affect Employment
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Experts Issue Warning About AI Consciousness. The Warning Has Been Issued.
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Three AI-Adjacent Stories Were Combined Into One Headline
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Google Sues Chinese Cybercrime Network That Used AI to Defraud Hundreds of Thousands of Users
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