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

Liberal MP speaks of AI’s shortcomings as cyber chief tells inquiry the tech is needed to fend off ‘highly capable malicious cyber actors’

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

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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’

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September 18, 2026 at 5:30 AM EDT to September 19, 2026 at 6:15 AM EDTLink resolvesPassed2002 checks over about 25 hours, the same result every time. 200, text/html, 357741 characters, landed on https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/18/andrew-hastie-says-ai-advised-him-to-reply-congratulations-to-man-who-planned-to-end-life-with-assisted-dying The wording varied; every check is below.
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  • September 19, 2026 at 6:15 AM EDT: 200, text/html, 357230 characters, landed on https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/18/andrew-hastie-says-ai-advised-him-to-reply-congratulations-to-man-who-planned-to-end-life-with-assisted-dying
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