{
  "id": 8218812,
  "title": "Andrew Hastie says AI advised him to reply ‘congratulations!’ to man who planned to end life with assisted dying",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/andrew-hastie-says-ai-advised-him-to-reply-congratulations-to-man-who",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-18T09:05:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/18/andrew-hastie-says-ai-advised-him-to-reply-congratulations-to-man-who-planned-to-end-life-with-assisted-dying"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Liberal MP speaks of AI’s shortcomings as cyber chief tells inquiry the tech is needed to fend off ‘highly capable malicious cyber actors’ Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast When a man with a terminal illness wrote to his local MP Andrew Hastie, telling him he planned on ending his own life with voluntary assisted dying, Microsoft Copilot suggested Hastie reply with…",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "Andrew Hastie says AI advised him to reply ‘congratulations!’ to man who planned to end life with assisted dying",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/andrew-hastie-says-ai-advised-him-to-reply-congratulations-to-man-who-8220280",
        "published": "2026-09-18T09:05:43.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}