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As with all new technologies, the use of AI must be rooted in democratic principles and fundamental rights. That is why, in order to protect the people of Ontario, the Ontario government is developing the province’s first Trustworthy AI Framework.

The Framework will be made up of policies, products and guidance to set out risk-based rules for the transparent, responsible and accountable use of AI by the Ontario government.

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies offer promise for improving how the Government of Canada provides digital services. As we explore the use of AI in government programs and services, we are ensuring it’s governed by clear values, ethics and laws.

In this document, we identify considerations for the application of key privacy principles to generative AI technologies. We recognize that generative AI is an emerging field, and that our understanding of it will evolve over time. Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial privacy commissioners will continue to explore this complex topic and may provide guidance or other resources as we learn more about the technology and its potential risks, including as formal investigations related to the technology are completed.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of digital technologies to enhance education has significantly increased as many students around the world have had to shift to online learning. For example, investment in education for adopting innovative technologies increased from $7 billion to $20 billion during the pandemic as . However,  in other ways beyond just online classes. The application of generative AI in education is an example to this.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools offer many potential benefits to Government of Canada (GC) institutions. Federal institutions should explore potential uses of generative AI tools for supporting and improving their operations, but they should not use these tools in all cases. Institutions must be cautious and evaluate the risks before they start using them. They should also limit the use of these tools to instances where they can manage the risks effectively.

In May 2023, Higher Education Strategy Associates (HESA) hosted an initial roundtable discussion on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education. Its success (more than 177 people joined the call from across the country) proved the need for pan-Canadian inter-institutional collaboration for the development of comprehensive institutional policies.

This is why HESA decided to launch its Observatory on AI Policies in Canadian Post-Secondary Education (hereafter, “the Observatory”). The Observatory will act as a Canadian clearinghouse for post-secondary institutions’ policies and guidelines with respect to AI.

This resource provides some considerations and guidance around curriculum design in response to the ever-growing popularity of AI tools and Large Language Model (LLM) software. Please note that this resource is also ever-growing as we continue to learn more about LLMs and their uses and impacts on teaching and learning. Input and feedback are welcome! Before you choose whether you want to use or limit the use of Generative AI in your course, please review the information provided below about harms and biases.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools offer many potential benefits to Government of Canada (GC) institutions. Federal institutions should explore potential uses of generative AI tools for supporting and improving their operations, but they should not use these tools in all cases. Institutions must be cautious and evaluate the risks before they start using them. They should also limit the use of these tools to instances where they can manage the risks effectively.

The integration of generative artificial intelligence in education has emerged as a transformative force in the Asia-Pacific region, presenting both opportunities and challenges for educational systems. 

However, the introduction of this technology is not without its complexities, as debates surrounding its role, concerns about ethical use, and disparities in readiness among countries in the region create a nuanced tapestry of opportunities and obstacles.

The release of ChatGPT and similar AI tools that generate content including text, images, and audio has prompted both excitement and apprehension among leaders, faculty, students, and others in higher education.

While the term artificial intelligence has taken on many meanings over the years, generative AI creates content that resembles something produced by humans. The best-known tools create written content, but as the technology has evolved, generative AI tools now can create    or even 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of our lives, revolutionizing various industries and sectors. From healthcare to transportation, AI has proven its capabilities in enhancing efficiency, streamlining processes, and making informed decisions. t.

Despite the many potential benefits of generative AI for teaching and learning, there are also concerns around academic integrity, accuracy, reliability, privacy, and data security.

While the innovation and creativity of generative AI is exciting, these systems do not come without limitations or ethical challenges. Some of these challenges speak to the specifics of our post-secondary context – like academic integrity – while others intersect with communities, the environment, and humanity as a whole. Many AI experts have documented such alarming concerns including , ,, and.

Transformative artificially intelligent tools, such as ChatGPT, designed to generate sophisticated text indistinguishable from that produced by a human, are applicable across a wide range of contexts. The technology presents opportunities as well as, often ethical and legal, challenges, and has the potential for both positive and negative impacts for organisations, society, and individuals. 

As a result of OpenAI's ChatGPT, there has been increasing interest in AI and web-based natural language processing (NLP), including in academia. In this article, we provide an overview of the tools that can be used for academic purposes. The overview was conducted from the perspective of a university educator and was intended to guide educators in higher education on emerging AI technologies.

The current wave of generative AI is a subset of artificial intelligence that, based on a textual prompt, generates novel content. ChatGPT might write an essay, Midjourney could create beautiful illustrations, or MusicLM could compose a jingle. Most modern generative AI is powered by foundation models, or AI models trained on broad data using self-supervision at scale, then adapted to a wide range of downstream tasks.

In November 2023, a  by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), and the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) (‘the agencies’) to provide advice on the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the development and review of research proposals submitted for grant applications.