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  "title": "Canada ISED Voluntary Code of Conduct on Responsible Development and Management of Advanced Generative AI",
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  "bluf": "Canada's Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Responsible Development and Management of Advanced Generative AI Systems was published by Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada in September 2023 as a voluntary industry commitment framework for organisations that develop, operate, or manage advanced generative AI systems; the Code establishes seven core commitments: (1) Safety - developers must assess, mitigate, and address safety risks including dual-use risks, before deploying advanced generative AI systems; conduct pre-deployment testing; implement post-deployment monitoring; (2) Security - organisations must protect against misuse, adversarial inputs, and prompt injection attacks; implement identity verification where appropriate; (3) Incident reporting - signatories commit to report to the relevant Canadian government authority incidents where advanced generative AI systems produce outputs resulting in significant harm; (4) Transparency - signatories must publicly disclose what advanced generative AI systems they have deployed; publish information about capabilities and known limitations; label AI-generated content where practicable; (5) Diversity, inclusion, and accessibility - ensure AI systems do not discriminate based on prohibited grounds under Canadian human rights law; conduct fairness testing across protected groups; (6) International engagement - support the development of international technical standards and interoperability; contribute to multilateral AI governance frameworks; (7) Accountability - establish clear internal accountability for AI governance; designate a responsible individual or office for AI safety oversight; the Code explicitly targets advanced generative AI systems with transformative potential including large language models, image/audio/video generation models, and multimodal foundation models; the Code preceded the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA) which remains under parliamentary consideration; major signatories included OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon Web Services, Cohere, and numerous Canadian technology organisations.",
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