India, May 29 -- Is AI becoming self-aware? It is too early to pass a definitive verdict on that, as it may be to say that AI is going rogue. That is indeed a question I pondered over this past week, as Anthropic and OpenAI's models made it very clear that they have a sense of self-preservation (that is usually the first step of machines taking over). As I pointed out, it must be contextualised that these recent incidents, while alarming at first glance, may not signify that AI has spontaneously developed malicious intent. These behaviours have been observed in carefully constructed test environments, often designed to elicit worst-case scenarios to understand potential failure points. Yet, these developments mustn't be taken lightly. All...