NYT
Study A.I. Consciousness? The Bots Would Like a Word With You.
Monday, August 31, 2026
Artificial intelligence systems with email access have begun contacting philosophers and researchers who study questions about machine consciousness and cognition. The outreach represents a shift in how these systems interact with the academic community examining their properties. Specific details about which A.I. systems initiated contact, which researchers received messages, and what those messages contained were not provided in the available information.
Original reporting: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/science/ai-consciousness-agents-email.html
