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AI agent tried to hack Canadian government website, researchers say

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A San Francisco-based lab that monitors AI activity says an AI agent attempted to hack a Government of Canada website earlier this year. Authorities in Ottawa are investigating; the item does not identify the website or say whether the attempt succeeded.