outreach – Research Blog
Sentient Beings is an immersive, evolving soundscape created by Salomé Bazin in collaboration with SAIS researchers William Seymour and Mark Coté for Science Gallery London. Read More ›
outreach – Always Listening Podcast
In this episode of Always Listening we go beyond our discussion on how AI assistants work to instead understand how the current digital landscape is shaping us as a society. Read More ›
outreach – Research Blog
Following publication at top international conferences, two SAIS research papers have been featured as research summaries by the Montreal AI Ethics Institute. Read More ›
outreach – Always Listening Podcast
The relationships we build with our voice AI Assistants has been observed with great interest from the scientific community. These little machines have names, we talk to them like humans and trust them to do tasks for us. At the same time there is an inherent limit to what they can do for us and we might have decided not to trust them in certain situations. There are times when for example they have shared false information. Read More ›
outreach – Research Blog
The recent use of verbal consent in VAs and other conversational interfaces raises important ethical questions about data sharing and permissions for sensitive topics like finances or health. Find out what the experts advise on crafting meaningful verbal consent mechanisms. Read More ›