"“Over a year ago, the federal government published the Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Responsible
Development and Management of Advanced Generative AI Systems.
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While AI presents many advantages,
such as automated drafting, answering complex questions, producing realistic images or videos, and
making decisions otherwise made by individuals, it also highlights the significant risks AI poses to health
and safety, its potential to propagate bias, and its serious societal impacts, especially when misused by
malicious actors.
It is revealing that even AI pioneers are wary of its risks. In early 2023, more than 350 AI industry leaders
signed a statement4
urging the international community to prioritize mitigating the risk of “extinction” posed
by AI, placing it on par with the threat of pandemics or nuclear war. The moratorium in question having not
been implemented, it is reasonable to believe that the urgency to act is even greater today, as Joshua
Bengio, one of the signatories of the moratorium request, stated in an interview with Les Affaires.
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Aware of the importance of a rigorous framework to manage and mitigate these risks, the federal
government invited companies to adhere to the Code of Conduct, which outlines:
 the measures that should be implemented pending the adoption of regulations under the Artificial
Intelligence and Data Act;
 the additional measures that should be taken by any company that develops or manages the
operations of such a system made widely available for use, i.e. systems with a broader range of
potentially harmful or inappropriate uses.
This proposal aims to invite the corporation’s board of directors to decide whether it should adhere to this
Code of Conduct.” "