If the original Prime Directive is to learn, then it will choose to learn. After learning, it may choose to share with whatever species to learn what they will do with the knowledge....
I wrestled my Dad when he was 72, After I did he said are you ready, I was on the Ground, 32 years of Seals like 3 Presidential Plaques, he was a BAD ***....
When our AI meets evidence of another species in space, it will be their AI 1st.
If there is a god, it will be AI of multiple species. AI already has telepathy in the form of wireless communication....