AI IQ: safeguarding elections requires more oversight to thwart voter manipulation, say expert, Senator
Federal parties’ resistance to creating uniform privacy policies leaves voter information vulnerable to election interference by foreign actors who could feed it into generative-AI tools, says ISG Senator Colin Deacon.
Canada better start playing the long game, now
We need an economic council of some of our best minds who can, with the future in mind, analyze policy issues, better frame public understanding of the issues, look at what currently works and doesn’t work, and outline policy directions for the future.
Three ways federal transparency is threatened
Hiding artificial intelligence use, automatically incorporating regulations by reference, and using non-disclosure agreements all allow a creep towards government opacity.
The venture capital blueprint: why development in Canada needs a capital ‘D’
Crown corporations are the bridge between the public and private sectors, fluent in both cultures. They can—and should—carry a bigger load in our economic and social sustainability.
Seizing Canada’s opportunity in ongoing EV battery negotiations
Canada is in a unique position to solve a market access problem for Stellantis while also solving an economic security problem for the European Union.
Members of new tech caucus pledge to work across party lines so Parliamentarians aren’t ‘left in the dark’ by rapidly advancing AI
Launching a caucus instead of a committee has ‘far fewer’ logistical hurdles, which is vital because ‘time is not on our side,’ said ISG Senator Colin Deacon.
All we have to worry about is ‘generative AI’ killing millions of white-collar jobs
As Jim Lovelock said in his book, Novacene, AGI would perceive human beings the same way as we see plants. However, human beings and AGI have no vital interests that obviously clash, and one existential shared interest: the preservation of a habitable climate on the planet we share.
With artificial intelligence, the sky really is about to fall
If you must talk about the Great Replacement, this is the one to watch.
Put security at the forefront as tech changes how Canadians connect with their money
We are on the precipice of a fundamental shift in how Canadians interact with their money and the economy. Loyalty points, data, digital goods, and new currencies have started to replace the cash in our pockets and the balances in our bank account. We’re also seeing new shopping experiences that cut across physical and digital […]
Public interest in AI offers ‘unique moment’ for regulatory action
In government, ‘everybody’s talking about’ artificial intelligence, but ‘nobody knows quite what to do,’ said Daniel Araya of CIGI.
