Should online harms bill cover AI chatbots? Ottawa’s advisory group mixed

OTTAWA — Canada’s justice minister expressed an openness Tuesday to expanding the government’s definition of sexualized deepfakes, as opposition MPs push for amendments to the proposed law to criminalize their distribution. Sean Fraser spoke one day ahead of when parliamentarians on the justice committee are expected to begin their clause-by-clause study of Bill C-16, the Liberals’ latest justice legislation that, among other reforms, seeks to update the Criminal Code definition of an “intimate images” to include those that are a “visual representation.” “I would like to make sure...