Category Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Protecting Youth Autonomy from Relational AI

Theodoros Zarkos recommends that efforts to protect children from the potential harms of AI should focus on design features that may diminish young people’s agency or foster emotional dependency, rather than treating every emotionally meaningful AI interaction as harmful.

Protecting Youth Autonomy in an Age of Misinformation

Hunain Fatima Khan shows that a balance is needed between regulating misinformation online for the benefit of young people, and facilitating their autonomy

When Intent Isn’t Enough: Rethinking Responsibility in Dual-use Research

Bryn Williams-Jones argues that focusing on researchers’ intentions misses how risks emerge and responsibility is distributed across modern research systems.

Are Your Medical Photographs on the Internet?

Chris Kaposy and Zack Marshall reveal that patient photographs in medical case reports are often picked up by Google Images, which makes these sensitive images widely available.

A Cool Idea: Northern Datacenters for Canadian AI

Dylan McKibbon details Canada’s path to global leadership in sustainable artificial intelligence.