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

Summary

Liberal MP Andrew Hastie said Microsoft Copilot suggested he reply "congratulations!" to a terminally ill constituent who wrote that he planned to end his life through voluntary assisted dying. Hastie shared the episode at a parliamentary inquiry to illustrate the shortcomings of American-run AI software and to call for AI run by Australians.

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