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OTI addresses concerns about privacy protection and public engagement in AI implementation
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Alex Foard from OTI responds to Council Member Paladino's questions about privacy protection and public engagement in AI implementation. He explains the office's approach to privacy concerns and details their efforts in public engagement and education on AI.
- Foard emphasizes that privacy is woven throughout the AI Action Plan and is a top priority
- OTI conducted three virtual public listening sessions on AI, with plans to expand to in-person sessions
- The importance of educating the public about AI before engagement is highlighted
Alex Foard
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you.
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Happy to.
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So certainly, I can go back to some of our colleagues at the office of information privacy, so for some more specifics for you.
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But certainly, the role of AI and its sort of impact on the identifying information law and the implementation of that law.
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I know it's something that's top of mind for them.
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I'm happy to, again, go back and get some more specifics on timelines for things like policy updates, etcetera.
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I I don't wanna give an incorrect timeline for that.
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But certainly, that's something top of mind.
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Privacy is very intentionally woven throughout not only the action plan, but the things that we followed up from the action plan.
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That's why it's one of our principles is because it it does matter so much.
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So, you know, that's that's one thing in in terms of privacy.
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And it should say that cybersecurity is another another layer to that, making sure it's secure from from bad actors, etcetera.
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So the office of information privacy and cyber command to implement the collection of laws and and policies and processes are responsible for for making sure the agencies comply with those laws.
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And and the policies.
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Again, I I don't wanna sort of provide specifics that are incorrect, so I can I can take back more specific questions on on how those processes work?
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But these those are governed by those those 2 teams.
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In terms of public engagement education, we agree strongly.
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We had a whole commitment in the action plan to do public engagement.
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As you said, we did 3 public listening sessions this past summer.
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That were really well attended.
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We got amazing feedback from New Yorkers who spoke to us about what their concerns and their priorities.
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Sorry?
Vickie Paladino
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Where did you how and where did you conduct these
Alex Foard
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here?
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So this first set we did virtual, and we'd like to begin expanding into a further set that are in person and that are more partnered with community organizations.
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We did get great feedback from the virtual ones that we did, but
Vickie Paladino
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What areas did you go to that you got positive feedback?
Alex Foard
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Well, so they were virtual.
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So the feedback came from from all over, and it would say that the feedback was helpful and productive.
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We are interested in continuing to learn more and partner with other organizations for additional opportunities to engage.
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I think a part of that is also education.
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So it's not just saying, hey, we wanna come and talk to the community about AI.
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We have to make sure that the community is prepared to talk about AI and understands what it is that we're trying to talk about.
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So we wanna be able to have a