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Equitable and accessible health data is essential for global health innovation. A collective approach and global frameworks would help share the benefits and unlock the exponential value-creation opportunities of artificial intelligence for health care.

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

The static nature of algorithmic impact assessments makes them ill-equipped to fully protect against embedded gender biases. A holistic approach that includes feminist methodologies and perspectives, like the “woman question”, is necessary to preemptively tackle these issues.

Current AI methods lack an understanding of legal decision-making. Legal meanings are often lost and expertise is at risk. We need new design frameworks to reintroduce lost meanings, prevent expertise loss, and regulate AI system design effectively.

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.

Avec le Règlement européen sur l’IA, la norme de conformité CE est passée d’un outil de garantie de sécurité à un véhicule de protection des droits fondamentaux. Néanmoins, la logique du standard technique présente de nombreuses limites pour assurer une protection effective des droits.

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.