AI
Generative AI needs to be regulated, like now
When ChatGPT was rolled out, Canada had no laws in place to govern the development of gen AI. Today, we still have no meaningful legal or policy framework to address…
It’s not ‘just pixels’: X has become a weapon against women
X is a platform that gave abusers a tool to attack and control women and girls online. It’s a platform that allowed at least three million non-consensual sexualized images to…
Data centres and AI infrastructure are coming to B.C.
Not every data centre proposed in B.C. is guaranteed to operate on a closed-loop system. At Thompson Rivers University, Bell Canada is launching an open-loop AI data centre. Bell Canada…
Ombudsperson’s report says AI is ‘inflaming’ unfairness at UVic
Many decision-makers, he found, engaged in what he called “flipping the burden” — rather than proving that the student had violated academic integrity, decision-makers instead would ask students to prove…
Wikipedia is one of the last sanctums of information on the internet
This profit model (or rather, lack thereof) is the encyclopedia's other greatest strength. Their freedom from shareholders means they are less susceptible to certain kinds of bias and can continue…
UVic launches AI pilot in three courses this fall
In their statement, the university acknowledged that “human feedback is necessary,” however, they continue to explore AI tools in some classrooms.
Three years later, generative AI continues to change classroom culture
“Undergraduates are under an immense amount of pressure to produce… Grad students are under that but more… The pressure is there for people to make use of this,” said Hodge.
Your face belongs to you, and Canadian law should say so
Denmark’s Culture Minister, Jakob Engel-Schmidt told the Guardian, “Human beings can be run through the digital copy machine and be misused for all sorts of purposes, and I’m not willing…Our Digital Print Issue
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