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Anil Seth on Machine Consciousness
Anil Seth is a scientific adviser to Conscium. In this article he argues that machine consciousness is possible, but highly unlikely to arise in Large Language Models. He says that brains are not like computers, and it…
Calum on Sky News. The UK´s AI plans and confabulating AIs
Calum reviews the UK government´s plans to invest £1bn in AI infrastructure and training. Then he discusses journalists Sam Coates' experience with…
Trump has shown Europe it needs to build a full-stack AI industry
This article first appeared in Fortune on 29 May 2025Europe did not outsource its defense capabilities to the USA, but it did allow itself to become dependent,…
Calum explains Conscium, and argues that Europe needs to build a full-stack AI industry
Published in POLITICO Pro Morning Technology UK newsletter on 30 May 2025 What are you working on at the moment? In addition to my decade-long career as a…
Superintelligence: science fiction or not?
Live Science's Edd Gent put together a piece asking the question I get asked at almost every dinner party: is artificial superintelligence a genuine near-term…
What Should We Call Our AI Agents?
As large language models evolve into true agents—persistent, memory-rich, goal-oriented companions—an interesting question arises: what should we call them?…
Conscium commentary on the UK's tech visa policy announcement
The UK government has promised more visas for highly skilled tech talent as it looks towoo international AI workers and science graduates amid a wider shake…
Expert Comment: How Does the UK Stand to Benefit from Recently Introduced US Tariffs?
TechRound spoke to business leaders and experts and got their thoughts on the current situation and how they expect these tariffs to affect businesses in the…
Conscium launches PRISM, a non-profit dedicated to researching sentient AI
As artificial intelligence continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, a new organization has emerged to address one of the most profound and complex…
The real challenge of AI Agents is verification
Daniel talked to Digiday about how WPP is approaching the verification of its agents. WPP has rolled out more than 28,000 AI agents, but scale is only part…
Conscium comment in Sifted on the Paris AI Summit
“If the UK government is simply following the lead of the US, it may well backfire,” says Calum Chace, cofounder of AI research organisation Conscium. …
Conscium talks on Sky News about the Paris AI Summit
Wilfred Frost had me on Sky News while the AI Action Summit was underway in Paris, to talk about what was actually at stake there: AI risk, and where the UK…
