As debate rages over AI, deepfakes unleash new wave of sexual exploitation
Murmurs of a new technology circled the internet in late 2017, a kind of artificial intelligence so advanced that even a trained eye wouldn’t be able to determine its legitimacy. These early conversations discussed “deepfakes,” named for a Reddit user who shared sexually explicit content that used face-swapping technology. The term describes visual media in which a person’s likeness is...
After anti-AI rally, Carleton TAs and RAs reach tentative deal with university
Local 4600 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees has reached a tentative agreement with Carleton University after 13 consecutive hours of bargaining, according to a statement released on Jan. 27.
AI and GLAM: Emerging tech is changing museums and libraries
Pressure to apply AI tools to museum and gallery work is making professionals worry about how to preserve information they’ve been entrusted to protect.
Crime-preventing AI could soon watch over OC Transpo riders
OC Transpo plans to look into using artificial intelligence to monitor its closed circuit TV system on buses and in stations.
Surveillance society? Ottawa police use of AI technologies concerning civil liberties experts
Civil liberties experts are expressing concern about use of AI technologies by Ottawa police.
Federal push toward AI translation threatens French and jobs for public servants, critics say
The federal government's increasing use of Artificial Intelligence for translation services will "1,000 per cent" affect jobs in the Translation Bureau, and may have impacts on French.
Federal government should pay more attention to public service concerns on AI, says union president
The head of a major federal public service union says “it feels like we’re not being included when we actually have a lot of great ideas to help the government.”