AI ‘platforms won’t regulate themselves,’ says Heritage Minister St-Onge as government considers tech’s challenges to media

Parliamentary secretary Taleeb Noormohamed acknowledged ‘frustration that the government hasn't done more to regulate,’ but ‘the question becomes what exactly are you trying to regulate.’

Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge told the Canadian Media Producers Association's Prime Time conference that 'none of us really know exactly the extent of the changes that artificial intelligence is going to bring forward.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STEPHEN JEFFERY

February 2, 2024

Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge has told a conference of media producers that the effects of artificial intelligence is an evolving challenge for regulation, as concerns grow about its potential to affect creative industries and promulgate misinformation.

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