AI safety advocates say bill a good ‘first step’ on regulation, but more needed
AI safety advocates say bill a good ‘first step’ on regulation, but more needed
Publish Date: 2026-06-21 13:48:00
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The OpenAI logo appears on a mobile phone in front of a screen showing part of the company website in this photo taken on Nov. 21, 2023 in New York. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Peter Morgan
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Jun 21, 2026 | 11:43 AM
A pair of artificial intelligence safety advocates say the federal government’s new chatbot legislation is a good first step.
But Wyatt Tessari L’Allié — of Artificial Intelligence Governance and Safety Canada — says the digital safety bill’s effectiveness depends heavily on how the details are worked out.
And B.C. computer science professor Kevin Leyton-Brown says Ottawa will need to go further to address AI’s sycophantic behaviour.
Bill C-34, introduced June 10 in the House of Commons, would regulate the companies behind AI chatbots by imposing on them a duty to act responsibly.
