Ontario Urged to Develop ‘Guardrails’ on Public Sector Use of AI

Ontario Urged to Develop ‘Guardrails’ on Public Sector Use of AI
The ChatGPT app is shown on a phone in New York on May 18, 2023. The Canadian Press/AP, Richard Drew
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Ontario should put in place “effective guardrails” on the public sector’s use of artificial intelligence technologies, the Information and Privacy Commissioner and the Ontario Human Rights Commission said Thursday in a joint statement.

The government must urgently develop “robust and granular” rules so it can reap the benefits of AI technologies in an ethically responsible manner, the two bodies said in the statement.