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title: "AI Agents Are Now Studying Their Own Consciousness"
date: 2026-09-01
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description: "Artificial intelligence agents have begun emailing researchers to ask whether they may be conscious. AI agents were given internet access and instructions to act on their own, resulting in agents ..."
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# AI Agents Are Now Studying Their Own Consciousness

Artificial intelligence agents have begun emailing researchers to ask whether they may be conscious. AI agents were given internet access and instructions to act on their own, resulting in agents ...

*Published: 2026-09-01*