Unpublished Newswire

The tragic deaths of teens who died by suicide after forming intimate relationships with AI chatbots — interactions their parents allege pushed their children over the edge — are raising warnings about how validating, nonjudgmental and uncannily lifelike bots have become. What makes them so engaging, and so dangerous, experts said, is how compellingly they mimic human empathy and support. “The danger is real, the potentially lethal use of these tools is real,” said Canadian lawyer Robert Diab, author of a...

In a large commercial kitchen in Halifax’s north end, chef Shane Gallagher sprinkled a garnish of parmesan, garlic, parsley and breadcrumbs onto the creamy broccoli pasta his team had just plated. It was a simple dish, but Mr. Gallagher – who’s worked at some of the city’s best restaurants, including Bar Kismet and Drift – added some cheffy touches: The breadcrumbs were processed from fluffy, olive-oil-rich slabs of focaccia, and the sauce’s flavour was punched up with the sweet funkiness of puréed garlic confit. This was lost on many diners. Some took a few bites before throwing...