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Friday, December 15, 2023
Benjamin Faveri and Graeme Auld publish a background paper Informing Possible Futures for the use of Third-Party Audits in AI Regulations, that provided the groundwork for Carleton’s recently held workshop on the potential role of third-party audits in the regulation of harmful AI. Carleton then hosted a public panel that followed on November... More
Thursday, December 7, 2023
As part of our celebration of 80 years of Public Administration, we will be sharing Research Summaries each month highlighting some of SPPA's broad-ranging research. Here is this month's Research Summary: Understanding the directions ethical AI governance will require assessing the dynamic relationship between private actors and public... More
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
By Graeme Auld, Amanda Clarke, Benjamin Faveri Private auditors provide third-party conformity assessments against principles, practices, standards, and legislation. Big names in this field include accounting firms like EY and Deloitte and technical inspection firms like Bureau Veritas and Intertek. These firms already play a significant role in... More
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Major efforts are afoot to govern the ethics of artificial intelligence. In a recent paper, Graeme Auld, Amanda Clarke, Ashley Casovan, and Benjamin Faveri offer a dynamic look at pathways along which private governance is engaged to shape future AI governance. Taking lessons from other private governance cases for sustainability, the pathways... More
Monday, August 9, 2021
Amanda Clarke is a recipient of the 2021 Early Researcher Award. By Joseph Mathieu Even as the Ontarian and Canadian governments are boldly considering digital reforms to meet their citizens’ needs, there is a risk that this work is undermining citizen trust, not bolstering it. “We know very little about what Canadians actually want, and... More
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