Gustavo da Costa Markowicz

Facial recognition researcher, Joy Buolamwini, stands with a white mask. Her film, ‘Coded Bias,’ shows how AI tools are not good at recognizing faces of colour. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

AI used by police cannot tell Black people apart and other reasons Canada’s AI laws need urgent attention

Two new laws with major implications for how AI is used in society are being considered in Canada. Both lack protections for the public from the harms of AI, including racial profiling by police.

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