Resources
Support your learning through our searchable research library and discover valuable resources about many topics in artificial intelligence and data analytics, such as AI ethics, bias and data tools.
Select the We Count at Large tag to view a selection of speaking engagements and presentations by IDRC team members. Many of these resources showcase the efforts of IDRC Director Jutta Treviranus, whose pioneering work and insights in AI and inclusive AI continue to inspire and lead the field.
AI Models Can’t Learn as They Go Along Like Humans Do
- Intermediate
Current AI models can't update and learn from new data after the initial training phase, but could that change in the future?
A.I. Nation
- Intermediate
A.I. Nation, a new podcast from WHYY and Princeton University, reveals how artificial intelligence is operating in the background, and sometimes foreground, of every major story, trend, and event in our modern lives.
AI Needs More Regulation, Not Less
- Intermediate
This article argues that the path forward for AI technology is not deregulation or prohibitions, but smart, proactive regulation that establishes a framework for both public protection and innovative growth.
AI Needs Rules, but Who Will Get to Make Them?
- Intermediate
In November, around 150 government and industry leaders from around the world gathered in England for the UK's two-day AI Safety Summit. The summit was intended to act as the focal point for a global conversation on how AI should be regulated, but for some experts, the conference also revealed the outsize role of AI companies in that conversation.
AI Needs to Face Up to Its Invisible-Worker Problem
- Intermediate
Through an interview with Saiph Savage, this article explores how machine-learning models are trained by exploited, low-paid online gig workers.
AI Powered Disability Discrimination
- Intermediate
Susan Scott-Parker from Business Disability International explores the unacknowledged risks to the world’s more than 1.3 billion people with disabilities that are triggered by the growing use of AI-powered human resources technology.
AI-Powered Disinformation Is Spreading — Is Canada Ready for the Political Impact?
- Intermediate
With the Canadian federal election approaching, is Canada ready to the political impact of AI-powered disinformation?
AI-Powered Monocle Seeks to Add Sparkle to Dull Human Chats
- Intermediate
RizzGPT, a technology that combines an augmented reality eyepiece with ChatGPT, can help individuals with social anxiety and other communicative difficulties to engage in conversations with others.
AI-Powered Transcription Tool Used in Hospitals Reportedly Invents Things No One Ever Said
- Intermediate
OpenAI's AI-powered transcription tool Whisper is prone to hallucinating, but that hasn't stopped its incorporation into a variety of industries, including healthcare.
AI Procurement Guidelines
The principle-based guidelines for AI procurement presenting the general considerations to be taken when procuring AI-powered solutions.