Last week, Concordia University’s Applied AI Institute announced a new partnership with Open North. Together, we aim to develop the capacity of municipalities to leverage data and artificial intelligence in a responsible, ethical way to address complex challenges such as socioeconomic inequality, climate change, housing shortages, and rapid urbanization.
It is crucial that we integrate ethical principles into the very foundation of data creation, management, sharing and use, […] While the promise of AI is extremely enticing, protecting users and communities from its risks requires attention to be paid to the very fundamentals of data use and reuse.
Merlin Chatwin, Executive Director, Open North