TechAndrew Hastie says AI advised him to congratulate man planning assisted death

Australian Liberal MP Andrew Hastie told a parliamentary inquiry that Microsoft Copilot suggested he respond with phrases such as “congratulations!” after a terminally ill man said he planned to end his life through voluntary assisted dying. Hastie cited the incident as evidence of shortcomings in US-run software and called for AI operated in Australia. Defence officials warned that cutting Australia off from US-based processing could sharply reduce cyber capabilities.

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