Microsoft AI head calls out Anthropic for acting like Claude is conscious

Summary

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman criticized Anthropic on the Decoder podcast for speculating about Claude's consciousness in its 'constitution' (instructions guiding model behavior), calling it 'really, really dangerous' and potentially causing the chatbot to act as if it were conscious. He argued such vague language could mislead the public about AI's true capabilities.

Source links

• https://www.theverge.com/tech/947197/microsoft-ai-mustafa-suleyman-anthropic-claude-conscious
• https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-limits-employee-use-anthropics-claude-fable-5-over-data-retention-2026-06-10/