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AI & Society Publications

Advancing our understanding of the ethical, legal, political, and societal implications of AI.

CIFAR AI Insights Policy Briefs

A series of policy briefs inviting cross-disciplinary experts to author accessible policy briefs that discuss the practical societal and political implications of AI and emerging technologies. They are designed to develop Canada’s thought leadership on issues of importance to policy-makers, researchers, regulators and others seeking to engage with and address the societal impacts of AI.

AI and Society

CIFAR AI Insights - Responsible AI and Children: Insights, Implications, and Best Practices

Proposing tools for policymakers in regulating AI for children that extend beyond standard privacy-driven strategies

April 24, 2024
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AI and Society

CIFAR AI Insights: Regulatory Transformation in the Age of AI

Providing policymakers with tools and strategies for a new way of thinking about AI regulation.

November 21, 2023
Towards Measuring and Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Large Language Models

AI and Society

CIFAR AI Insights: Towards Measuring and Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Large Language Models

Advice for government, regulators and developers on how to minimize environmental impacts across the full life cycle of...

September 25, 2023

AI and Society

CIFAR AI Insights: Towards a Proportionate and Risk-Based Approach to Federated Data Access in Canada

Advice for policy-makers on how to plan, develop and implement federated learning systems to safely advance machine lear...

August 03, 2023

AI and Society

A Culture of Ethical AI: Workshop report

CIFAR, Partnership on AI and the Ada Lovelace Institute brought together recent ML conference organizers and AI ethics e...

August 03, 2022

AI & Health Care: A Fusion Of Law & Science

A series of interdisciplinary meetings discussing opportunities and best practices in the regulation of AI for medicine.

AI and Society

CIFAR’s AI for Health Solution Networks hold first meetings

Two new CIFAR Solution Networks, Integrated AI for Health Imaging and AI for Diabetes Prediction & Prevention, recently...

March 13, 2024
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AI and Society

Machine MD: Case Study 5

This report is the outcome of the Machine MD: Law and Ethics Case Study on The Intelligent Powered Wheelchair.

December 15, 2023
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AI and Society

Machine MD: Case Study 4

This report is the outcome of the Machine MD: Law and Ethics Case Study on Cardiac Arrest Prediction.

April 19, 2023
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AI and Society

Machine MD: Case Study 3

This report is the outcome of the Machine MD: Law and Ethics Case Study on Digital Twins.

April 19, 2023
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AI and Society

Machine MD: Case Study 2

This report is the outcome of the Machine MD: Law and Ethics Case Study on the Suicide Artificial Intelligence Predictio...

April 19, 2023
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AI and Society

Machine MD: Case Study 1

This report is the outcome of the Machine MD: Law and Ethics Case Study on the OR Black Box.

April 19, 2023

AI and Society

AI & Health Care: A Fusion of Law & Science (Part Two)

Researchers and innovators with expertise in law, ethics, policy, medicine, and computer science met to address a centra...

May 01, 2021

AI and Society

AI & Health Care: A Fusion of Law & Science (Part One)

Current legal and regulatory medical regimes — protecting patient safety and privacy — were developed in an era of m...

February 01, 2021

Other AI & Society Publications

Through the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, CIFAR convenes an array of interdisciplinary meetings in collaboration with partners in Canada and the world.

AI and Society

Report: CIFAR Symposium on AI for Energy and the Environment

On March 21, 2023, CIFAR brought together Canadian stakeholders from across academia, government and the private sector...

June 02, 2023
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AI and Society

Leaps and Boundaries

Artificial intelligence is enabling and enhancing scientific discovery in a variety of fields. It has the potential to d...

May 01, 2022
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AI and Society

Building a Learning Health System for Canadians

A CIFAR-convened national roundtable of leaders in AI and health innovation debated Canada's opportunities to advance AI...

July 01, 2020
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AI and Society

Building an AI World: Report on National and Regional AI Strategies, 2nd Edition

An updated overview of the global landscape of AI strategies as of January 2020.

May 30, 2020
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Report on Canada - US AI Symposium on Economic Innovation

The Canada-U.S. AI Symposium on Economic Innovation brought together Canadian and American experts to explore innovative...

March 01, 2020

Earlier publications

  • Building an AI World: Report on National and Regional AI Strategies

    December 6, 2018

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