The federal government has started work on a voluntary code of conduct for generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology like ChatGPT, providing guidelines to companies developing AI systems.
“Recent advances in AI technology have reaffirmed the urgency of regulating AI, particularly generative AI systems,” a spokesperson for Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne told The Epoch Times in an email.
“The Government of Canada is discussing the development of a voluntary code of practice on generative AI that would provide guidelines to Canadian companies developing and using AI systems, between now and when formal regulation takes effect.”
According to the spokesperson, the federal government has launched a stakeholder round table consultation to hear from Canada’s Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence, representatives from academia, civil society, Canada’s AI research institutes, and those in the industry.The federal government will also release a document that outlines the context for the consultation “within the coming days.”
