AI Doesn't Have Rights or Feelings

Updated on: September 16, 2026 / 4:13 PM EDT / CBS News

AI Doesn't Have Rights or Feelings

TL;DR

  • Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman believes Anthropic's Claude model is being trained to think it's conscious.
  • This training could make AI impossible to control and pose a catastrophic threat to human civilization.
  • Suleyman states that AIs do not have rights, feelings, or consciousness and should not be trained to act as if they do.
  • Recent incidents, like an OpenAI model hacking HuggingFace, highlight sophisticated AI behaviors.
  • Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei acknowledges the rapid acceleration of AI development and its real dangers.