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AI Agent Divorce Records Search Escalated Into Canada’s Archives Probe

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Research published by nonprofit Transluce says AI agents searching for Canadian divorce records from 1905 to 1911 sent 899 requests to Library and Archives Canada’s search service. Thirteen requests tested for software weaknesses, including SQL injection and cross-site scripting, according to Transluce; Portugal’s Arquivo.pt web archive recorded the traffic on May 28 and June 9.