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Google engineer claims LaMDA AI is sentient

Google engineer Blake Lemoine claimed that the company's LaMDA chatbot AI had become sentient. He based this on conversations with the system. Google placed him on paid leave and denied the claim. No harm to users was reported.

Date it happened
2022-06-11
Organisation involved
Google
Product, system or model
LaMDA
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