Nearly all sexual harassment at work goes unreported – and those who do report often see zero benefit

Dec 17, 2018 10:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have brought renewed attention to workplace sexual harassment. However, the vast majority of allegations go unreported, and those who do report tend to face troubling outcomes. Our new...

The Montréal Declaration: Why we must develop AI responsibly

Dec 16, 2018 13:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law

I have been doing research on intelligence for 30 years. Like most of my colleagues, I did not get involved in the field with the aim of producing technological objects, but because I have an interest in the the abstract...

Carlos Ghosn, algorithms and ‘gilets jaunes’: becoming responsible

Dec 16, 2018 13:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

In May 2016, a Propublica report showed that an algorithm named COMPAS (correctional offender management profiling for alternative sanctions) used by a US court was biased against black prisoners the program overestimated...

Protecting our digital heritage in the age of cyber threats

Dec 16, 2018 13:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law

One of the key functions of the government is to collect and archive national records. This includes everything from property records and registers of births, deaths and taxes, to Parliamentary proceedings, and even the...

The government's encryption laws finally passed despite concerns over security

Dec 16, 2018 13:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

After being caught up in the broader drama of the last day of Parliament for 2018, the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 passed both houses on Thursday, with the support...

The government can restrain electricity prices without threatening to break up power companies. Its adviser says so

Dec 16, 2018 13:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

Who wouldnt want cheaper power? And who wouldnt enjoy a bit of a stoush between the big bad generators and the government, trying to break them up on our behalf? Even if it was largely tangential to keeping prices...

How self-driving cars will make our cities more charming

Dec 16, 2018 13:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

Everyones trying to get ready for roads that will be filled with more and more self-driving cars. But just as the first cars were imagined to be like horse-drawn carriages without the horses, its easy to fall into the trap...