29 days ago · Global
Andrew Hastie says AI advised him to reply ‘congratulations!’ to man who planned to end life with assisted dying

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. The Guardian World is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Global. The first report grouped here was at 18 Sept 2026, 09:05 UTC. The headline in use is “Andrew Hastie says AI advised him to reply ‘congratulations!’ to man who planned to end life with assisted dying”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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Liberal MP speaks of AI’s shortcomings as cyber chief tells inquiry the tech is needed to fend off ‘highly capable malicious cyber actors’ Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast When a man with a terminal illness wrote to his local MP Andrew Hastie, telling him…
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