Credit: Bruno Henrique/Pexels The phrase "artificial intelligence" is everywhere in the public consciousness both a buzzword promising a brighter tomorrow and a curse looming over our collective heads.

Executive Summary Humans have entered an age of artificial intelligence or, rather, of integrated intelligence. Already becoming more familiar with some forms of artificial intelligence in their daily lives, theyll inevitably embrace new technologies and techniques in everything from workplace productivity systems to drug design, manufacturing defect detection, and autonomous weapons

Duane Morris Takeaway: This weeks episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partner Jerry Maatman and special counsel Brandon Spurlock with their discussion of the Senate Banking Committees hearing this week regarding consumer protection in the financial sector from the risks of artificial intelligence, as well as their analysis of the potential implications in the regulatory environment and class action space as AI continues to be utilized in workplace and commercial operations. Episode Transcript Jerry Maatman: Welcome, loyal blog readers and listeners to our Friday weekly podcast series. Im joined by my colleague Brandon Spurlock today, and were going to be focusing on artificial intelligence and the fact that that issue has been foremost in the mind of legislators in Washington, D.C.

The Canadian government continues to take note and react to the widespread use of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Generative AI is a type of AI that generates output that can include text, images or other materials, and is based on material and information that the user inputs (e.g., ChatGPT, Dall-E 2 and Midjourney). In recent development, the Canadian government has: (1) opened up consultation on a proposed Code of Practice (the Code) and provided a proposed framework for the Code;1and (2) published a Guide on the use of Generative AI for federal institutions on September 6th, 2023 (the Guide).2 More generally, as discussed below, as Canadian companies continue to adopt generative AI solutions, they may take note of the initial framework set out for the Code, as well as the information in the Guide, in order to minimize risk and ensure compliance with future AI legislation.

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