The gap between technology and policymaking has gotten wider than ever with artificial intelligence, leaving a global policy vacuum as A.I. models rapidly advance.

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The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.

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