‘Happy (and safe) shooting!’: chatbots helped researchers plot deadly attacks
11.03.2026 11:14
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‘Happy (and safe) shooting!’: chatbots helped researchers plot deadly attacks
"Anthropic wanted guarantees its Claude systems would not be used for ... domestic surveillance in the US and operating autonomous weapons without human control.
In response, US president ... directed all US federal agencies to cease using Anthropic’s technology” theconversation.com/the-pentagon...
Slowly killing research at Memorial University theindependent.ca/commentary/c...
Artificial-intelligence chatbots can influence voters in major elections — and have a bigger effect on people’s political views than conventional campaigning and advertising
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Liberal cabinet ministers, PC MHA have not filed public disclosures: Commissioner theindependent.ca/news/lji/lib...
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The output of computer-vision research is overwhelmingly aimed towards monitoring humans
https://go.nature.com/45HQI4f
“If putting these words together, DEI, is somehow offensive ... does that mean [the government’s] policy is homogeneity, inequity and exclusion?” he asked the administration’s lawyers at a hearing on 22 May."
doi.org/10.1038/d415...
If someone had said, “Who cares how desert lizard venom works? Let’s not fund that research,” we never would have discovered semaglutide, a key component of drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic, which have helped millions of Americans lose weight.
"It might seem tempting if you have a particular set of political goals to enable an autocrat in order to accomplish those goals. But ...
The tyrant will end up doing things that you would never have expected and you won't be able to stop them."
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A report detailing how climate inaction will consign people born today to a lifetime of weather extremes must awaken a sense of responsibility.
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Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has framed the Trump challenge as a tariff fight leading to a renegotiated trade deal. Liberal leader Mark Carney frames it as a changed relationship requiring Canada to forge new alliances with "like-minded countries.” #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
"But if the Conservatives had used the traditional method of costing a platform, Poilievre would have had to either admit to higher deficits or — in keeping with the principle of his "dollar-for-dollar" approach — propose additional cuts or new tax increases." #CdnPoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Yesterday, President Trump repeated his false claim that the United States "subsidizes" Canada to the tune of $200 billion US a year. Canada's trade deficit with the U.S. was $63 billion US last year. Trade deficits are also not considered subsidies. #cdnpoli #uspoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
"With about a week left before election day and well over two million ballots cast so far, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre still hasn't released a costed platform outlining his vision for the country and how he'd pay for his multibillion-dollar commitments." #CdnPoli
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ICYMI, in The Walrus in March, former Trump strategist and aide Steve Bannon was quoted saying Canada is part of Trump’s geopolitical long game, particularly in establishing Arctic dominance for economic and military advantage to shore up US domestic interests. #cdnpoli thewalrus.ca/why-wont-tru...
"The revelation that Indian intelligence operatives allegedly interfered in the 2022 Conservative Party leadership race, which saw Pierre Poilievre emerge as the winner ... reveals ... the emergence of a coordinated transnational right-wing alliance.” thewalrus.ca/indias-meddl... #CdnPoli
"It's worrying that a leader of a political party in Canada would try to dictate how research funds will be granted," said David Robinson, CAUT's executive director. "This kind of American-style culture war has no place in Canada." #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
CBC News Fact Check reports Pierre Poilievre repeated a misrepresentation from the Fraser Institute, that Canadians pay 43% of their income on all taxes. Wrong! The Institute included CPP and EI payments which are NOT taxes, knowingly making 43% a lie. Words matter. #cdnpoli
