mountaineering

The head of a search and rescue team in British Columbia, Canada, recently warned that more and more people are relying on AI advice to make inappropriate climbing attempts and are getting into trouble, according to a June 7 report by Japanese media outlet Gigazine. Brent Culkin, chief of the Lions Bay Search and Rescue team, said the area under his jurisdiction has had "a very bad month" in the spring of 2025 after a recent spate of stranded hikers. For example, two hikers who relied on the ChatGPT and Google to plan their routes, not anticipating snow and wearing only regular shoes, were unable to get off the mountain and had to call for help. In addition...