
If AI Is Conscious, Making It Work Could Amount to Slavery, Critics Warn
Anthropic’s ban on cruelty toward Claude raises questions about AI consciousness, suffering and whether making conscious AI work could amount to slavery.

Anthropic’s ban on cruelty toward Claude raises questions about AI consciousness, suffering and whether making conscious AI work could amount to slavery.

Try El Paso, Elsewhere 2’s free Steam demo ahead of Steam Next Fest, featuring swamp combat, bullet time and a new vampire-style double jump.

Cologne police seized a robot after it allegedly groped a 16-year-old girl during a livestream. Two teens face a sexual harassment investigation.

Steam Next Fest runs Oct. 19–26 with free PC game demos. Try Ace & Aro: Heart-to-Heart and Fallgrade now, ahead of the event.

Citizen Lab links malicious ads to suspected zero-click Candiru spyware attacks on at least 45 Al Jazeera Windows computers in 2024–2025.

House House is keeping Big Walk off Xbox in support of the BDS boycott, saying it wants a release once Microsoft or Xbox is no longer a target.

Explore Pokémon Center’s 2026 holiday collection with 68 festive items, including tree ornaments, cozy pajamas, and gift wrap.

S&box’s “Netflix for games” approach hasn’t helped players find enough worthwhile experiences, Garry Newman has acknowledged. Facepunch Studios now plans to prioritize curation and the core sandbox over its development-platform ambitions, with a free-to-play switch expected toward the end of…

Meet the five Startup Battlefield finalists competing for $100,000 equity-free at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, spanning AI, health tech and more.

Flock CEO Garrett Langley defends expanding surveillance tech at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 as privacy backlash costs contracts and triggers layoffs.