Episode 258: Jaxson Khan With an Insider Perspective on AI Policy Development in Canada

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Jaxson Khan discusses AI policy development in Canada and the recent AI consultation results.

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 258: Jaxson Khan With an Insider Perspective on AI Policy Development in Canada Earlier this month, the government quietly released a “what we heard” report this discussing the response to its 30-day sprint AI consultation from last October. The consultation was promoted as giving Canadians – including a 28 person expert advisory board – the chance to provide their views on AI as the AI Minister Evan Solomon works toward a national AI strategy. The consultation garnered some criticism for its speed and missing perspectives on the expert panel. More recently on the use of AI to assess the results have sparked further doubts about it. Jaxson Khan is the CEO and Founder of Aperature AI and a Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. But before that, he served as Senior Policy Advisor the Minister of Innovation Science and Industry, where AI was one of his lead responsibilities. Jaxson joins the Law Bytes podcast to provide an insider perspective on AI policy development along with his thoughts on the AI consultation and its results.

People in this episode

Host: Michael Geist

Guest: Jaxson Khan

Topics covered

• AI policy
• Canada
• consultation
• technology
• government
• innovation

Keywords

• AI
• policy development
• Canada
• consultation
• Evan Solomon
• Aperature AI
• Jaxson Khan

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Aperature AI, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Minister of Innovation Science and Industry

Places: Canada

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