Innovation minister Navdeep Bains has launched the Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence to advise government on how to build Canada’s AI strengths, create economic growth and ensure AI advancements reflect Canadian values such as human rights, transparency and openness.
The new council will establish a working group on commercializing value from Canadian-owned AI and data analytics, building on the work started by the Digital Industries Economic Strategy Table. It will also provide advice on how best to advance the goals laid out in the Canada-France Statement on Artificial Intelligence.
The advisory council will be co-chaired by Foteini Agrafioti, chief science officer for the Royal Bank of Canada, and Yoshua Bengio, scientific director of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms. Other members advisory council include: