Driving accountability when AI has its hand on the wheel
In a world of co-pilots and chat bots, this public interest researcher feels the growing impacts of artificial intelligence.
AI is already in our clinics, but Canada is failing to train the people who use it
Too many clinicians interact with AI tools without a clear understanding of how they work, what data they rely on, or where their limitations lie.
Canadians concerned about AI’s impact on environment, children: federal consultation
Ottawa quietly released the results of its AI strategy consultation on Feb. 3, which found individuals and experts are worried about the potential social and ethical effects of the technology.
AI will disrupt millions of jobs, so what is Ottawa’s plan?
Canada does not lack talent, research strength, or ethical grounding to address this fact. But what it cannot lack is the resolve to apply AI where it matters most. If this decade of disruption is inevitable, then the responsibility to navigate it is, as well.
Taking a stand for sovereignty
Canadians need to consider how to reverse the stranglehold of all the American Big Tech companies that mine our data for their sole financial gain.
Canada’s AI moment is a values-based one
Canada should step into the void on international cooperation on AI, making strategic use of its middle-power status and promoting the type of international growth it seeks to benefit from.
Innovation strategy, particularly in high-tech sectors, needed as Canada diversifies trade, say experts
Reversing Canada’s weak innovation performance is ‘more urgent than ever,’ according to a report by the Council of Canadian Academies.
Canada needs a national strategy for the information ecosystem—not just its parts
Sovereignty over specific technologies won’t address gaps in basic skills, social cohesion, or trust. That requires a national strategy that encompasses people.
‘Anything that can’t go on forever eventually stops’: ‘Enshittification’ author issues stark warning to Ottawa over AI policy
Cory Doctorow says he believes AI firms will intentionally degrade their products to recoup large infrastructure expenditures — and it’s up to policymakers to protect Canadians from this.
Artificial action: feds offering tepid response to AI abuse
Knowing that Grok is a gender-based violence generator, why are institutional experts, organizations, and government officials still using X?
