Researchers call for proactive AI chatbot audits under Bill C-34

A McGill-led audit found Google's Gemini gave explicit self-harm guidance, including a lethal painkiller dose for a 14-year-old, while Claude refused 98 per cent of harmful requests. Aengus Bridgman and cybersecurity law chair Emily Laidlaw now want Ottawa's proposed Digital Safety Commission to proactively test chatbots — a "mystery shopping" approach — under Bill C-34, rather than wait for complaints.