The federal government has introduced new guidelines for employees who want to use artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT on the job to ensure the technology is being used responsibly, says Treasury Board President Anita Anand.
The guidelines define generative AI as technology that “produces content such as text, audio, code, videos and images” for things like chatbots, e-mails, briefing notes, research or programming. The guidelines recommend caution when using AI for things like public communications on social media or automating “assessments, recommendations or decisions about clients.”
If a department uses generative AI to respond to a citizen, answer questions via a chatbot, create a document or make a decision, it should be transparent about using the technology, the guidelines say.
I mean, I understand why they are doing this. However, enforcing it is an entirely different matter. Are there going to be federal records of every question asked to ChatGPT? Are citizens supposed to launch investigations if they suspect they are getting responses from an AI?
Overall, I just question where the oversight is coming from.