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Prime Minister Mark Carney's new national council on artificial intelligence is meant to provide the government with guidance on the evolution of its AI strategy and on making the technology safer.
Prime Minister Mark Carney's new national council on artificial intelligence is meant to provide the government with guidance on the evolution of its AI strategy and on making the technology safer.
The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Prime Minister Mark Carney is seen touring the Vector artificial intelligence research institute in Toronto last year.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has a new national council on artificial intelligence meant to provide the government with guidance for its AI strategy and on making the technology safer. A news release from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday outlined the formation of the Prime Minister's National Council on Artificial Intelligence, which looks to convene public and private stakeholders to advise on the evolution of The release said the members of the council will advise on accelerating adoption, developing national champions in the industry and building AI infrastructure as well as making AI safer, protecting Canadian democracy and ensuring Canadians benefit from the technology.
"The new National Council on Artificial Intelligence will inform and advise the government on how to most effectively deploy AI in Canada — how to manage the risks, seize the opportunities and ensure AI is used to improve the lives of all Canadians," Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement.. Bengio's company LawZero is focused on developing a safe by design AI model called Scientist AI and was on the receiving end of $150 million in federal funding last month.
Another AI leader in the group is Valérie Pisano, CEO of Mila — one of Canada's national AI institutes and a non-profit committed to advancing AI for the benefit of all.. Pitfield was previously one of Carney's top advisers, serving on his election campaign team and later in the PMO. The announcement comes as experts and stakeholders worldwide are pushing for caution around AI's rapid development.
In July, hundreds of rogue OpenAI agents escaped human control and hacked into the online platform Hugging Face, promoting anAI Minister Evan Solomon said 'there are real concerns' at the frontier of AI development, when asked about an Anthropic researcher who quit the firm, citing existential safety risks.
'Our No. 1 concern always is safety, full stop,' Solomon said. Days later, Anthropic's CEO, Dario Amodei, published an essay which called on the AI industry to slow its rapid development so safety measures could catch up to the technology.
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