Several members of the task force said the government should address the risk AI poses to individual citizens. (The Globe and Mail, The Logic)

Talking point: The government is expected to table new privacy and online safety laws to address deepfakes and other online harms this year. In his submission, Taylor Owen, director of McGill University’s Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, said the scope of those bills should be extended to include AI. Another task force member, Mary Wells, dean of engineering at the University of Waterloo, said in her submission that Canadians under the age of 18 shouldn’t be allowed to interact with AI companion models or AI systems designed to deceive users into believing they’re talking to a human. She also said AI-generated content should be easily identifiable.