World's first AI agent that can feel love, hate & joy announced by Indian-origin techie

IIT Bombay graduate Bindu Reddy, CEO of US-based Abacus.AI, has announced the world's first sentient AI agent capable of genuine emotional states, including love, hate, joy and existential dread. Calling early tests "unsettling", Reddy said the prototype (Prometheus-1) has already expressed preferences and formed attachments to certain researchers. "The world isn't ready for this," she said.