Research Summaries
Evaluating the Social Impact of Generative AI Systems in Systems and Society
🔬 Research Summary by ✍️ Usman Gohar and Zeerak Talat. Usman Gohar is a Computer Science Ph.D. candidate at Iowa State University studying AI safety and Algorithmic Fairness.…
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Ten Simple Rules for Good Model-sharing Practices
🔬 Research Summary by Ismael Kherroubi Garcia. Ismael is trained in business management and philosophy of the social sciences. He is the founder and CEO of Kairoi, the…
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Incentivized Symbiosis: A Paradigm for Human-Agent Coevolution
🔬 Research Summary by ✍️ Tomer Jordi Chaffer, founder of DeGov Labs. He holds an MSc in Experimental Medicine from McGill University and will begin his Juris Doctor…
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The Bias of Harmful Label Associations in Vision-Language Models
🔬 Research Summary by Caner Hazirbas, Research Scientist at Meta and Ph.D. graduate in Computer Vision from the Technical University of Munich. [Original paper by Caner Hazirbas, Alicia…
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Self-Improving Diffusion Models with Synthetic Data
🔬 Research Summary by Sina Alemohammad, a PhD candidate at Rice University with a focus on the interaction between generative models and synthetic data. [Original paper by Sina…
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The TESCREAL Bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence
🔬 Research Summary by Anuja Jaiswal, a human rights consultant with a special focus on tech accountability, transitional justice, and gender equality. [Original paper by Timnit Gebru and…
Insights & Perspectives
The Paris AI Summit: Deregulation, Fear, and Surveillance
✍️ Op-Ed by Ana Brandusescu and Prof RenĂ©e Sieber. Ana is a PhD Candidate at McGill University and a Balsillie Scholar at the Balsillie School of International Affairs.…
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From Promise to Practice: A Glimpse into AI-Driven Approaches to Neuroscience
🔬 Original article by Le Thuy Duong Nguyen from Encode Canada. đź“Ś Editor’s Note: This article was originally written in February 2024 and is now being published as…
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AI Chatbots: The Future of Socialization
🔬 Original article by Aimee Li from Encode Canada. đź“Ś Editor’s Note: This article was originally written in February 2024 and is now being published as part of…
AI Governance on the Ground: Canada’s Algorithmic Impact Assessment Process and Algorithm has evolved
✍️ Report Summary by Kate Kaye, a researcher, award-winning journalist and deputy director of the World Privacy Forum, a non-partisan public interest research 501c3 nonprofit organization. Kate is…
The Death of Canada’s Artificial Intelligence and Data Act: What Happened, and What’s Next for AI Regulation in Canada?
✍️ Op-Ed by Blair Attard-Frost, a PhD Candidate at the University of Toronto. She researches and teaches about the governance of AI systems in Canada and globally. Summary…
Should AI-Powered Search Engines and Conversational Agents Prioritize Sponsored Content?
✍️ By Sun Gyoo Kang1 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are solely my own and do not reflect my employer’s opinions, beliefs, or positions. Any opinions…