The federal government unveiled a strategic framework for artificial intelligence this week, outlining six core pillars intended to guide national policy as the technology rapidly transforms the economic landscape. Released as part of the spring economic update, the document identifies key areas of focus including infrastructure, talent development, and ethical regulation, though it stops short…
Privacy commissioners from Ottawa, Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta concluded a joint investigation this week, finding that OpenAI violated Canadian privacy laws by collecting personal information to train its early ChatGPT models without adequate transparency or user consent. The investigation, which began in April 2023, determined that the company’s data scraping practices were
The Escalating Threat of AI-Enabled Deception Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan warned on Tuesday that the rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence tools, including generative models like ChatGPT, threatens to ‘turbocharge’ consumer fraud and illicit scams across the digital landscape. Speaking at an agency event in Washington, D.C., Khan emphasized that while the technology…
