CBC Nova Scotia6h ago
CBRM considers crackdown on firefighters filling private swimming pools
Councillors for the Cape Breton Regional Municipality are divided along rural and urban lines, raising concerns about water conservation, legal liability and fairness for those who contribute to the cost of the water utility.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cbrm-considers-crackdown-firefighters-filling-pools-9.7197730?cmp=rss
CBC British Columbia11h ago
No apology included in proposed $30M settlement for B.C. Christian Brothers abuse case
Some former students of Vancouver College say a proposed $30-million settlement is meaningless without an apology and an admission of liability for the abuse they allegedly suffered at the hands of Christian Brothers linked to the Mount Cashel Orphanage.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/christian-brothers-lawsuit-vancouver-college-st-thomas-more-collegiate-9.7196791?cmp=rss
CBC Top Stories11h ago
No apology included in proposed $30M settlement for Christian Brothers abuse case
Some former students of Vancouver College say a proposed $30-million settlement is meaningless without an apology and an admission of liability for the abuse they allegedly suffered at the hands of Christian Brothers linked to the Mount Cashel Orphanage.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/christian-brothers-lawsuit-vancouver-college-st-thomas-more-collegiate-9.7196791?cmp=rss
CBC Canada12h ago
No apology included in proposed $30M settlement for Christian Brothers abuse case
Some former students of Vancouver College say a proposed $30-million settlement is meaningless without an apology and an admission of liability for the abuse they allegedly suffered at the hands of Christian Brothers linked to the Mount Cashel Orphanage.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/christian-brothers-lawsuit-vancouver-college-st-thomas-more-collegiate-9.7196791?cmp=rss
Newsramp17h ago
Truck tire blowouts expose critical safety gaps on Georgia highways. Complex liability issues demand rigorous maintenance, accountability, and legal oversight to protect drivers and prevent catastrophic accidents. #TruckSafety #Liability
Aaron Brick — אהרן בריק6d ago

ICYMI, users of “Claude” are now killing Black people with Elon's personal methane generators in Memphis.

https://slashdot.org/story/26/05/07/0424216/anthropic-raises-claude-code-usage-limits-credits-new-deal-with-spacex

#health #ai #anthropic #spacex #memphis #airquality #liability

Anthropic Raises Claude Code Usage Limits, Credits New Deal With SpaceX - Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: At its Code with Claude developer conference on Wednesday, Anthropic announced a deal with SpaceX to utilize the entire compute capacity of the latter's data center in Memphis, Tennessee. On stage at the conference, CEO Dario Amodei said the dea...

Techdirt [Unofficial]May 6

More Liability Will Make AI Chatbots Worse At Preventing Suicide

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/06/more-liability-will-make-ai-chatbots-worse-at-preventing-suicide/

More Liability Will Make AI Chatbots Worse At Preventing Suicide

California recently passed a law that will, in practice, cause AI chatbots to respond to any hint of emotional distress by spamming users with 988 crisis line numbers, or by cutting off the convers…

Techdirt
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻6d ago

“In contrast, #Mike is #OpenSource #software meaning it is free to download and customise. It also means that using the software carries #security and #liability #risks, potentially deterring #law firms from using the tool.

Worth $15 billion and $8 billion, respectively, #Harvey and #Legora have come to dominate the legal corner of the AI universe, with all of #Australia’s top eight #LawFirms subscribing to one or both.

Mike was built as a direct challenge to their iron grip, according to its founder #WilliamChen, a former #JuniorLawyer at top-ranked US law firm Latham & Watkins, who used existing #AITools to #VibeCode” his new app.”

Cheap to use. No maintenance, support, documentation or verification that it works. Law is by definition cautious and regressive. Some law firm will try it, fail and be pushed out of an Industry where reputation to win comes before price.

#AI / #LegalSoftware <https://archive.md/mXr0t> / (paywall) <https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/meet-mike-the-free-ai-for-lawyers-that-might-blow-up-a-23bn-sector-20260506-p5zudj>

BellingenNSW6d ago

Mining harm and liability

"Brazil’s worst environmental disaster unleashed a wave ​of toxic sludge that killed 19 people, left thousands homeless, flooded forests and polluted the length of the Doce River. BHP cannot appeal against ruling it is liable for 2015 dam collapse" >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/may/07/royal-commission-antisemitism-budget-cost-of-living-jim-chalmers-anthony-albanese-tax-islamic-state-families-syria-ntwnfb

Mariana dam disaster >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_dam_disaster

BHP found liable in transnational claim over Brazil’s Fundão dam collapse >>
https://www.hrlc.org.au/case-summaries/municipio-de-mariana-v-bhp-group/
#mining #extractivism #liability #disaster #pollution #rivers #watercourses #contamination #environment #harm #MiningWaste #TailingsDam

Australia news live: BHP loses Brazil dam collapse case; man charged with hate speech over NSW parliament rally

Follow live

the Guardian
br00t4cMay 6
Famed Epstein reporter targeted in 'disturbing' hacking scheme: 'It gets worse' #Xitter #hacking #Musk #liability #JulieKBrown #incitement www.rawstory.com/julie-k-brow...

Famed Epstein reporter targete...
Famed Epstein reporter targeted in 'disturbing' hacking scheme: 'It gets worse'

Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown, whose reporting on Jeffrey Epstein won a Pulitzer Prize and helped lead to the disgraced financier’s arrest in 2019, was the victim of an apparent hacking scheme, Brown revealed on Wednesday, and one that she questioned whether the social media platform X was “w...

Raw Story