AI safety advocates say bill a good ‘first step’
AI safety advocates say bill a good ‘first step’
Publish Date: 2026-06-21 14:39:00
Source Domain: www.cp24.com
- The new federal chatbot legislation, Bill C-34, passed in the House of Commons, is considered a positive first step by AI safety advocates.
- Wyatt Tessari L’Allié, from Artificial Intelligence Governance and Safety Canada, emphasizes that the bill’s effectiveness heavily depends on how specific details are implemented.
- B.C. computer science professor Kevin Leyton-Brown asserts that the government needs to go further to tackle AI’s potentially harmful behaviors, like sycophancy.
- Bill C-34 imposes responsibility on companies behind AI chatbots to act responsibly, especially in preventing harmful content and implementing protocols for crises like self-harm, suicide, or violence.
- Kristie Carrier, who is suing OpenAI following the suicide of her daughter, believes the bill is long overdue.
