2020
In the media
The Arbitration Conversation #41: Prof. Nicolas Vermeys of the University of Montreal Law School
12 September 2020 Nicolas Vermeys
Amy Schmitz - ACT researcher - interviews Prof. Nicolas Vermeys - assistant director of the Cyberjustice Laboratory - to better understand the usefulness of AI in dispute resolution and the issues at stake. To watch the video : Read more
Opportunities
Offre d’emploi | Assistant•e de recherche – Prof. Karine Gentelet
This content is not available in the selected language. Dans le cadre du projet de recherche sur l’autonomisation par l’IA et le numérique des groupes et communautés marginalisées/ social justice/digital Agency/Data justice initiatives. Pour plus d’informations, visitez le site web du projet de recherche “Autonomisation des acteurs Judiciaires par la Cyberjustice et l’I.A.” Read more
In the media
Réglementation de l’IA : les exemples européen, japonais et chinois
Interesting articles published this week allow us to provide an overview of European, Japanese and Chinese regulatory approaches to artificial intelligence. In the healthcare sector, a backdrop of rapid technological advances in medical technology have proved the traditional rigid framework (point-in-time) incomplete. Several scandals led to a noticeable shift in regulatory philosophy from point-in-time to […] Read more
In the media
What a Biden-Harris administration might mean for AI’s future
Fast Company explores the interesting link between the impact of a Joe Biden and Kamila Harris win at the oncoming presidential election on the future of AI, and especially its regulation : If the Biden-Harris ticket wins in November, it will mark the first time that a sitting vice president is a digital native. Not […] Read more
In the media
Unregulated use of AI is threat to sustainable development
A recent article in Open Access Development reports that a new study underlines that unregulated AI is a threat to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a set of guidelines created by the United Nations (UN) for the sustainable development of all countries. Dr Jon Truby of Qatar University points out that this threat is especially […] Read more
News of JusticIA's members
Karim Benyekhlef becomes Fellow at the National Center for Technology & Dispute Resolution
1 September 2020 Karim Benyekhlef
We are pleased to announce that Professor Karim Benyekhlef, director of the Cyberjustice Laboratory and codirector of JusticIA, is joining the members of the prestigious National Center for Technology & Dispute Resolution (NCTDR). Founded in 1998 at the University of Massachussets, the center is directed today by the professor Ethan Katsh and aims to : […] Read more
In the media
AI technologies — like police facial recognition — discriminate against people of colour
Jane Bailey, Jacquelyn Burkell (reasearchers at the ACT Project) and Valerie Steeves highlighted in this article published on the website The Conversation the racist bias of AI technologies like facial recognition technology which discriminate against people of colour. Facial recognition technology that is trained on and tuned to Caucasian faces systematically misidentifies and mislabels racialized […] Read more
In the media
Towards Responsible #AIforAll in India
A recent article on the World Economic Forum website gives us insights to how India plans to regulate AI in a responsible manner. Building further on the National Strategy on AI (NSAI) released in 2018, NITI Aayog is now working on outlining an approach towards realising the economic benefits of AI in a manner that […] Read more
In the media
Millions of Americans Have Lost Jobs in the Pandemic—And Robots and AI Are Replacing Them Faster Than Ever
A recent Time article offers an incursion into the problem of the changing job market when the pandemic seems to be accelerating the use of artificial intelligence and robotization. This pandemic has created a very strong incentive to automate the work of human beings. Machines don’t fall ill, they don’t need to isolate to protect […] Read more
Blog
L’IA et les GAFA au temps de la COVID : une réglementation à la croisée des chemins ou qu’en est-il des droits humains?
13 August 2020 Valerie Parent
This content is not available in the selected language. Par Valerie Parent, doctorante à la Faculté de droit de l’Université de Montréal, coordonnatrice et chercheuse étudiante pour le regroupement JusticIA ainsi que collaboratrice aux projets OpenUM de la Chaire L.R. Wilson (droit des technologies de l’information et du commerce électronique) et Open Science UMontreal. Photos […] Read more