2020
In the media
Comité spécial COVID-19 de l’OBVIA
9 April 2020 Catherine Régis / Jean-Louis Denis
This content is not available in the selected language. Depuis vendredi, le comité spécial COVID-19 de l’Observation International sur les impacts sociétaux de l’IA et du numérique (OBVIA) est au travail pour élaborer un programme de veille, de positionnement et d’accompagnement à destination des décideurs publics, des chercheurs, des professionnels et du grand public. La […] Read more
Events to follow
Webinaire – PI, IA et données : les enjeux juridiques à considérer
This content is not available in the selected language. Quels sont les principaux éléments juridiques à considérer en matière de propriété intellectuelle, d’IA et de données? À propos de cet événement Au menu : les principaux éléments juridiques à considérer en matière de propriété intellectuelle, d’intelligence artificielle et de données, dont notamment les aspects touchant aux […] Read more
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Even the Pandemic Doesn’t Stop Europe’s Push to Regulate AI
Natalia Drozdiak reports, in a Bloomberg's article, that even as the coronavirus upends business, economic, and legislative plans the world over, the European Union is pushing ahead with its AI policy proposal, which would make it a global leader in regulating the sector. The innovations that are rapidly rolling out could be complicated by the […] Read more
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How AI Will Impact The Future Of Patient Care
In a recent post for Forbes, Sarah Levy writes about the three main areas in which AI will have the most immediate impact: curative care, preventive care and outcome management. She nevertheless warns medical professionals and researchers also need to be cognizant of the constraints of algorithms, which are built upon specific data sets and […] Read more
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Emerging from AI utopia
In an editorial published in Science, Edward Santow, Australia's Human Rights Commissioner, is asking if legal frameworks can protect us from the dark side of this brave new world of technology. Reaffirming that laws apply to the use of AI, as they do in every other context, he insists that they need to be applied more rigorously […] Read more
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Human values in the loop - design principles for ethical AI
A recent blog entry on the Deloitte website suggests a grasp of the core principles of trustworthy AI to help individuals and organizations more effectively create ethical frameworks and deliberate specific issues. It lists these core principles as impact, justice, and autonomy. It's originality resides in its invitation to view ethics not as a constraint […] Read more
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Using phone positioning data to monitor the efforts of social distancing?
25 March 2020 Vincent Gautrais
In an article La Presse of March 24, Tristan Péloquin reports that researchers, politicians and companies, in Canada and elsewhere, would consider using cellphone positioning data to monitor the efforts of social distancing imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Three Quebec jurists, including Professor Vincent Gautrais, director of the CRDP, holder of the Chaire LR Wilson […] Read more
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AI Now comments to Canada Office of the privacy commissioner on Data regulation and AI
AI Now submitted written comments to the Canada Office of the privacy commissioner on Data regulation and AI as part of its consultation on proposals for ensuring appropriate regulation of artificial intelligence. They namely highlight that there may be limits to trying to address all risks and harms associated with AI, especially exclusion and discrimination, […] Read more
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ALLAI comments on EU AI strategy
ALLAI (Alliance on Artificial Intelligence) offers its analysis of the European Commission's white paper on artificial intelligence and its plan to frame it, both of which were unveiled last February. It discusses in particular the European position regarding the regulation of AI and the possibility that the Council of Europe is investigating a binding legal […] Read more
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Le Data Protection Act of 2020 : vers une Agence américaine de protection des données?
This content is not available in the selected language. Simon Du Perron, auxiliaire de recherche, a signé plus tôt aujourd’hui un billet de blogue sur le site du Laboratoire de cyberjustice. En raison de son intérêt au regard des travaux de JusticIA, nous le reproduisons ici : Le 13 février 2020, la sénatrice américaine Kirsten Gillibrand, une démocrate […] Read more