Professor, Political Science, Brock University Knowledge governance, IPE, Sydney Swans tragic Co-author, with Natasha Tusikov, The New Knowledge: Information, Data and the Remaking of Global Power (Bloomsbury, 2023). Open Access.https://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3mwsnw7idbk2l“New legislation around AI chatbots in Canada was introduced in June, but it focuses on increasing safety requirements to protect children online, not consumer rights.” Canada needs to get serious about digital regulation. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/meta-accounts-deleted-ai-customer-service-9.736454301 Oct 2026 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsnw7idbk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3mwnpx2wh322oThe techbro bait-and-switch: “Many health-care professionals and medical technology experts say the chatbot fills the need for more reliable, Canada-specific health information than people get from using a general AI chatbot…” “Steinberg said the chatbot is not meant to replace health professionals” https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/loblaw-s-pc-health-launches-chatbot-as-more-people-turn-to-ai-for-health-info-here-s-what-to-know/article_2afe4b0c-b256-5cce-8a17-3af7f300ca18.html29 Sep 2026 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwnpx2wh322ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3mwkz5a4bsk24Plastic surgery is a medical procedure. If OpenAI et al’s products are suggesting or weighing in on issues like this, they should be regulated as medical devices and the company held liable for anything that goes wrong. https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/ai-face-plastic-surgery-9.734068828 Sep 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkz5a4bsk24https://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3mwjwprjsos2uRewatching the #AFL Grand Final. The last four minutes are like a horror film, the Dockers undone by their own hubris. Has to be one of the greatest collapses/comebacks in all of professional sports.27 Sep 2026 23:18 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjwprjsos2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3mwjojx7s4c2oSo basically Moopsey but for personal data. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Sep 2026 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjojx7s4c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3mwhmwxejas2oAustralian Rules football is the greatest, most exciting sport on the planet, and it’s not even close. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-26/afl-grand-final-brisbane-belief-sparks-cruel-fremantle-collapse/10719915227 Sep 2026 01:18 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwhmwxejas2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3mwdhnqo4fc26FWIW, the Financial Stability Board is an inappropriate model for “AI” governance. Finance is a global system. AI is a suite of technologies dominated by a few giant US and Chinese companies. In areas like biological weapons, we already have tech agnostic treaties regulating their development. https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/canada-s-ai-minister-takes-aim-at-big-tech-s-plan-to-police-itself/article_774511b9-a257-4171-b662-961cdc2de729.html25 Sep 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdhnqo4fc26https://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3mwb5zsx26c2kI assume (actually, I know) the United States has laws against the unauthorized access of computer networks and this will lead to charges against OpenAI. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2026 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwb5zsx26c2k