The University of Ottawa AI + Society and IVADO release a global policy brief led by Prof. Florian Martin-Bariteau and Prof. Catherine Régis to provide policymakers with actionable globally-oriented policy guidance on the impact of AI on democracy and electoral integrity

Professor Matt Malone has been appointed Director of the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) and a Faculty member of the University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society.

Professor Karine Gentelet and students at the University of Ottawa have developed a reference directory on digital and artificial intelligence ethics for First Nations, produced with the support of the AI + Society Initiative.

In new report released by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Dr. Teresa Scassa and Elif Nur Kumru explore how privacy regulatory sandboxes can help businesses test emerging technologies like AI under regulatory supervision, ensuring privacy law compliance before products or services enter the market.

Professor Karen Eltis played a key role in the development of the “Ethics of Artificial Intelligence for the Legal Practitioner” toolkit released by the Canadian Bar Association. The toolkit addresses the ethical, professional, and practical implications of using generative AI in the legal field.

A renowned scholar looking at the social and ethical dimensions of emerging technologies and their influence on society, Dr. Kelly Bronson has been renewed as a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Science and Society.

A renowned academic on the legal dimensions of artificial intelligence, Dr. Céline Castets-Renard has been awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in International and Comparative Law of Artificial Intelligence.

Prof. Karen Eltis has co-authored the Canadian Judicial Council’s new Artificial Intelligence Guidelines addressing the ethical considerations, opportunities, and challenges that artificial intelligence presents within the canadian judicial context.

On Tuesday, October 22, 2024, Dr. Elizabeth Dubois, Prof. Vivek Krishnamurthy and Prof. Michael Pal were interviewed by the Foreign Interference Commission as part of their policy consultation hearings, contributing to the development of recommendations to address foreign interference in Canadian democratic processes.