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older woman in black dress kneeling at gravestone with white lily representing grief loss and questions raised by AI resurrection technology

AI Is Bringing Back the Dead, And We Need to Talk About It

This is what grief actually looks like. Not an algorithm. Not a chatbot. Not a subscription service. This. And that distinction matters more than the tech industry would like you to think. I've been sitting with this one for a while. That's not something I usually say. Most of what I write about, I feel clear on. Scams make me angry. Privacy violations make me frustrated. Bad tech policy makes me want to write to my MP. The emotion is usually straightforward. This one is diff

Michael Routhier

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person receiving package at door representing Rogers iPad scam where fraudsters trick Canadian customers into financing tablets through fake promotions

Rogers Free iPad Scam: How Canadians Lost $2,300

They called it a free iPad. It cost her $2,300. I want to tell you about two real women, both Canadians, both targeted by the same scam, both left holding a bill for a device they never actually wanted. And I want to tell you about the company that, when they found out what happened, offered a $50 credit and said essentially; not our problem. This is one of the most sophisticated scams currently targeting Canadians. And the reason it works so well is the same reason it's so h

Michael Routhier

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