Featured on World Privacy Forum Podcast: Lawyer Will Tao on the Real-World Impacts of AI and Canada’s Algorithmic Impact Assessment on Immigrants

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Wei William (Will) Tao, Founder of Heron Law Offices and co-founder of AIMACAI (the AI Monitor for immigration in Canada and internationally), was recently featured on the World Privacy Forum’s Privacy on the Ground Podcast. Will Tao has firsthand knowledge of how algorithmic, automatic, and machine learning systems adopted by the Canadian government affect lives.

In this podcast, World Privacy Forum’s Kate Kaye discusses with Will about how Canada’s immigration agencies’ use of algorithmic systems affects his clients. They all discuss his personal experiences with Canada’s Algorithmic Impact Assessment and what changes he hopes to see with the adoption of AI in governance in Canada.

Link here to listen to the Podcast: Lawyer Will Tao on the Real-World Impacts of AI and Canada’s Algorithmic Impact Assessment on Immigrants

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