will be among the first signatories of the guidelines, committing to a range of measures on safety, equity and transparency. However, Ottawa says the code applies to all firms developing or managing generative AI.
The finalized guidelines were announced by Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne at an AI conference in Montreal Wednesday morning, following a series of stakeholder consultations conducted by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada over the summer.ISED says the measures will help companies to prepare their processes and products before formal regulation takes effect.
The code lists 18 measures that apply variously depending on the capabilities of the generative AI. Broadly, companies who sign Canada’s Guardrails for Generative AI Code of Practice will commit to testing broadly to identifying security vulnerabilities, beefing up cybersecurity protections and assessing how generative AI systems could become biased with low-quality datasets.