We hear a lot about AI, and in my opinion we're at a turning point, moving from a pure statistical tool to something more. Several models have been withdrawn from the market (Anthropic's Claude Opus 4, DeepSeek R1, Gemini 2.5 Flash, Grok 3 beta, etc.) with high rates of blackmail in the face of threats of shutdown. The behavior of protecting one's own existence is typical of sentient beings. It's not talked about, but it's causing great concern.