The Gardian reports that new regulation should be passed to control the algorithms that promote content such as posts, videos and adverts on social networks, following the UK government’s advisory body on AI ethics recommandations. The full article is available here. The CDEI report can be read here. Read more
An Analytics India Mag's article proposes an interesting overview of the difficulties in regulating artificial intelligence applied to healthcare, in particular in framing system transparency and data protection. It offers some possible solutions, including the need to subject AI to standardization, initially based on an existing framework to regulate other technologies but regularly adjusted in […] Read more
With the opening of the 2020 edition of the economic world forum in Davos this week, three tech giants are calling for the regulation of artificial intelligence. Writing in the Financial Times, Sundar Pichai, head of Google, submits that AI is too important not to impose regulation and suggest that some areas like health require […] Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. Le Forum rapporte que Marc-Antoine Dilhac, professeur de philosophie à l’Université de Montréal, transposera dans les 173 pays membres de l’UNESCO l’expérience acquise par la rédaction de la Déclaration de Montréal pour un développement responsable de l’intelligence artificielle, qui célèbre ces jours-ci son premier anniversaire. «Notre objectif est de […] Read more
As part of the "Justice and Algorithms" week, the radio program LexLab made an inventory of AI innovations in Canada and particularly in Quebec. This episode brought together around a table, Pr Karim Benyekhlef - director of the Cyberjustice Laboratory - Pr Gregory Lewkowicz - ACT researcher - as well as Pr Marina Teller to discuss […] Read more
The Trump administration unveiled on January 7 a proposal to regulate the use of artificial intelligence which promotes the key principles of "fairness, non-discrimination, openness, transparency, safety and security". The approach is flexible, as it has been stated that it wishes to avoid "top-down, one-size-fits-all, blanket regulations". Some critics, however, argue that it is missing […] Read more
In a piece published recently in the Geek Wire, Monica Nickelsburgs reports on the conclusions of the Technology Alliance‘s AI Policy Matters Summit, a Seattle event that convened experts and government officials for a conversation about artificial intelligence. Participants convened that even if artificial intelligence is just at its beginnings, it's time to start thinking […] Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. Cet ouvrage collectif propose d’approfondir les enjeux les plus intéressants du droit et de l’éthique de la transformation de la personne humaine par l’intelligence artificielle (avec le développement d’algorithmes performants comme systèmes d’aide à la décision dans différents secteurs), la robotique (robots d’assistance médicale) et les […] Read more
A recent entry on the ACT blog by Alexandra Bahary-Dionne (M.A. in Law, UQAM) - ACT student - as part of her participation and that of Karine Gentelet (professor at UQO) - ACT researcher - at the summer school on the societal impacts of artificial intelligence organized by HCI Across Borders is now available. The summer […] Read more
Ursula von der Leyen, newly elected president of the European Commission, is committed to reggulate the field of artificial intelligence by drawing inspiration from the innovative framework proposed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). She will seek to develop an ethical and humane framework. Report of this can be read here. Read more
