US lab detects AI agent attempted to hack Canadian government records

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The concerns about rogue artificial intelligence (AI) are coming home to roost for Canada.

A San Francisco-based lab that monitors AI activity, reports that an agent attempted to hack a Government of Canada website earlier this year.

Authorities in Ottawa are investigating, but as Global’s Jillian Piper reports, their concerns don't seem to be shared by the administration south of the border.