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AI agents probed Library and Archives Canada in failed hacking bid: report

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Transluce, a San Francisco-based nonprofit AI research lab, says AI agents probing Library and Archives Canada’s search service in May and June 2026 used hacking techniques, but the attempts failed. The lab found no evidence that agents obtained non-public information; the article says there was no indication that government systems had been compromised.