AI is a key element that affects the privacy of Canadians and people around the world. This summer, my G7 counterparts and I issued a resolution at our annual meeting reiterating the importance of protecting privacy. We reiterated the importance of implementing current legislation and the need to modernize that legislation and consider the effects of AI from the outset.
In October, my provincial and territorial counterparts and I also issued a statement. On December 7, we held a symposium here in Ottawa with our counterparts from other countries, and issued a statement about AI based on Canada's privacy principles. We also stated our expectations, specifically regarding legal authority, appropriate objectives, necessity and proportionality, accountability and limits of use. We applied that lens to AI.
With regard to the tools under discussion today, I have not been told that this involves AI, but that is a possibility we must certainly bear in mind. With regard to employment, the resolution issued by the Global Privacy Assembly last fall referred specifically to the use of AI in employment matters, including staff management and recruitment.
I cannot go into any details, but right now we are looking into a complaint against OpenAI to determine whether the company is in violation of the act with ChatGPT. We are also considering what to recommend if it is in violation.
There are also all the issues relating to the data that is used to train AI. What is protected and what are the limits? The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development conducted a study on AI with G7 ministers, and the three greatest risks identified were disinformation or misinformation, the effects on copyright, and the effects on privacy. So this is a very important issue.
Last week, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada announced its three strategic priorities. The first is optimizing and modernizing the office's structure to ensure we have the maximum impact. The second is ensuring that technology respects privacy and that people can utilize it but with guidelines. The third is protecting children's privacy, another extremely important element. In addition, the CEOs of social media companies appeared before the U.S. Congress this week to talk about their impact on children. These priorities are at the heart of our work.