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CORRESPONDENCE 17 February 2026 By Walter Quattrociocchi0, Valerio Capraro1 & Gary Marcus2 Walter Quattrociocchi Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. Valerio Capraro University of Milan–Bicocca, Milan, Italy. Gary Marcus New York University, New York City, New York, USA. In a Comment, Chen et al. argue that success in behavioural tests — including variants of the Turing test — is evidence of artificial general intelligence (AGI; see E. K. Chen et al. Nature 650, 36–40; 2026). We find this problematic, on three grounds. Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription $32.99 / 30 days cancel any time Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access $199.00 per year only $3.90 per issue Rent or buy this article Prices vary by article type from$1.95 to$39.95 Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout Additional access options: Log in Learn about institutional subscriptions Read our FAQs Contact customer support Nature 650, 792 (2026) doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00495-y Competing Interests The authors declare no competing interests. Subjects Latest on: Technology Mathematics and computing Society Smartphones are a double-edged tool in classrooms Correspondence 17 FEB 26 The ‘astounding’ rise of semaglutide — and what’s next for weight-loss drugs Spotlight 12 FEB 26 Self-powered vibration sensor for wearable health care and voice detection News & Views 12 FEB 26 How AI slop is causing a crisis in computer science News 13 FEB 26 AI agents are hiring human 'meatspace workers' — including some scientists News 13 FEB 26 OpenClaw AI chatbots are running amok — these scientists are listening in News 06 FEB 26 What’s behind ‘teensplaining’? Scientists should study this adolescent behaviour Correspondence 17 FEB 26 The science influencers going viral on TikTok to fight misinformation News Feature 17 FEB 26 Why we don’t really know what the public thinks about science Comment 16 FEB 26