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Educators do not fall into simple categories of being for or against genAI. (Christina Wocintechchat/Unsplash)

Canada’s AI strategy needs educators who feel prepared, not just trained

A survey and workshop project is designed to help educators reflect on their comfort with genAI, assessment and educational practices and their fears and challenges.
President Trump’s 2025 executive order about ‘woke AI’ put the tech industry on notice about aligning with the administration’s views. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

From oversight to coercion: How authoritarian governments are twisting AI safety to get tech companies to fall in line

Authoritarian governments, including the Trump administration, are reorienting AI safety provisions away from protecting the public toward coercing support for the regime.
Students hold a vigil near the scene of a shooting at Florida State University. The gunman allegedly consulted ChatGPT about how to carry out the attack. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images

Should AIs be required to report a human user contemplating violence?

Human therapists have a legal duty to warn authorities and potential targets when patients say they plan to harm someone. The same can – in theory – be required of AI chatbots .
A US Department of Defense press briefing on March 4 highlights the array of targets during the first 100 hours of the US-Israel war on Iran. Military Image/Alamy

Iran war shows how AI speeds up military ‘kill chains’

The speed and scale of war are being enhanced by AI systems – but they also bring new risks for civilians and military combatants.
As AI reshapes workplaces, its benefits and risks are falling unevenly across the labour market, widening existing socioeconomic divides. (Getty Images/Unsplash+)

AI promises efficiency, but it’s also amplifying labour inequality

AI is creating new opportunities for some and new vulnerabilities for others, deepening the socioeconomic inequalities already embedded in the labour market.
Demand for AI is high, but enforcement tools to make sure it respects privacy and data rights remain scarce. Policymakers are caught between encouraging innovation and preventing corporate interests from defining AI. (Getty Images/Unsplash+)

Could a national, public ‘CanGPT’ be Canada’s answer to ChatGPT?

Canada’s long history with public service media offers a useful model for thinking about how AI could serve the public.
AI can democratize access to learning, knowledge and even justice. Yet without ethical guardrails, proper training, expertise and basic literacy, the very tools designed to empower people can just as easily undermine trust and backfire. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

We can’t ban AI, but we can build the guardrails to prevent it from going off the tracks

Generative AI may appear to offer a shortcut, but without verification and expertise, it can easily mislead users.
Young people like the benefits of AI but have serious privacy concerns. Parents, educator and AI proponents have different priorities. (Getty Images/Unsplash)

How to ensure youth, parents, educators and tech companies are on the same page on AI

Ethical AI starts with listening. If we want digital systems to be fair, safe and trusted, we must give young people a seat at the table and treat their voices as essential, not optional.

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