by Britt Amell | 10 December 2024 | French, Insights and Signals Reports
Les rapports “Insights and Signals” scrutent l’horizon afin d’identifier et d’analyser les tendances émergentes et les signaux précurseurs susceptibles d’influer sur les orientations politiques futures en matière de libre accès et d’érudition ouverte et sociale. Ils ont tendance à mettre en évidence les changements dans la technologie, l’opinion et les sentiments du public, et/ou les changements réglementaires à l’intérieur et à l’extérieur du Canada. Ce rapport est le troisième d’une série consacrée à l’évolution des discussions sur l’intelligence artificielle (IA), en particulier l’IA générative (genAI) et les grands modèles de langage (LLM), ainsi qu’aux implications qu’elles peuvent avoir pour le libre accès et la recherche sociale ouverte.
by Britt Amell | 14 November 2024 | English, Insights and Signals Reports
Widespread debates about the future of artificial intelligence and the need for ethical frameworks and regulatory policies to mitigate potential harms, re-ignited in 2022 by OpenAI’s first release of generative artificial intelligence (AI) system ChatGPT, continue to receive attention by scholars and media alike. This Insights and Signals Report is apart of a series that will focus on evolving discussions centered around artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI (genAI) and large language models (LLMs), and the implications these may have for open access and open social scholarship. Items discussed in this report include a brief introduction to generative artificial intelligence; the artificial intelligence act passed in May 2024 by the Council of the European Union; the inclusion of artificial intelligence in Canada’s Digital Charter Implementation Act (2022); several responses to AI in Canada from scholars, journals, post-secondary institutions, scholarly associations and granting agencies, as well as some core concerns raised by these groups; and responses from INKE partners John Willinsky (Founder, Public Knowledge Project) and John Maxwell (Associate Professor of Publishing at Simon Fraser University). The report concludes with provocations to consider some discursive silences, such as perspectives on data mining as an extractive colonial practice, and Indigenous data sovereignty.
by Caroline Winter | 12 November 2021 | English, Observations, Observations and Responses
Under the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) (also called the US–Mexico–Canada Agreement or USMCA in the US and Tratado entre México, Estado Unidos y Canadá or T-MEC in Mexico), a trade agreement that includes a chapter on intellectual property, Canada has committed to extending its general term of copyright by 20 years, from the life of the author plus 50 years to the life of the author plus 70 years.
by Caroline Winter | 12 November 2021 | French, Observations, Observations and Responses
En vertu de l’Accord Canada–États-Unis–Mexique (ACEUM) (également appelé le US–Mexico–Canada Agreement ou USMCA en les États-Unis et Tratado entre México, Estado Unidos y Canadá ou T-MEC en Mexique), un accord commercial qui comprend un chapitre sur la propriété intellectuelle, Canada s’est engagé à prolonger de 20 ans la période de protection, de la vie de l’auteur plus 50 ans à la vie de l’auteur plus 70 ans.
by Caroline Winter | 24 April 2020 | English, Observations, Observations and Responses
As reported in “How the 2018 Federal Budget Impacts Research in Canada,” the Government of Canada’s 2018 federal budget included $572.5 million to fund a Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) Strategy. This DRI Strategy supports data management, research software, advanced research computing (ARC), and other digital research infrastructure in Canada.
