The government is also asking Canadians to comment about their thoughts on AI
The Canadian minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation, Evan Solomon, has spoken out against children using AI chatbots at the Govern or Be Governed conference in Montreal.
“There are lots of discussions around folks who are asking us, hey, should there be a certain age-appropriate access to certain parts of chatbots. We’re going to look at that,” Solomon said, per a report from the Canadian Press.
This bill has yet to hit the floor, but Solomon says that he’s working on legislation. The government has also recently launched a new 30-day task force to gain a better understanding of AI and how to better regulate it.
The team behind this sprint has also released a public form that you can fill out to help inform them of various aspects of AI. Solomon says that over 6,500 people have filled out this large questionnaire. I went through it myself, and while it’s a little more pro-AI than I was expecting, it takes about 30 minutes to complete.
Solomon also mentioned that the government is looking into rules that would give Canadians the right to have deepfakes of them taken down. After that, he questions whether children should be able to access the full scale of some of these AI chatbots.
This focus on children feels especially pertinent since the parents of a child who killed themselves over an AI friend it had created on Character.AI also spoke at the conference. This is only one of the multiple lawsuits launched against Character.AI for similar self-harm-related problems. Looking into it, there are similar lawsuits at many major AI companies, including OpenAI.
Source: The Government of Canada, The Canadian Press
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