China鈥檚 AI labour ruling invites reflection on Canada鈥檚 approach
As a Chinese court moves to curb聽AI鈥慸riven聽demotions and dismissals, Simon Blanchette, a lecturer at 涩里番鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management, says the ruling highlights how unprepared Canada is for聽AI鈥憀ed聽labour disruption.
AI is changing how investment firms allocate work
As artificial intelligence becomes more embedded in investment management, Russ Goyenko, an associate professor of finance at 涩里番鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management, says the technology is likely to reshape how firms allocate work.
AI agents can automate tasks, but come with privacy and security risks聽
Most of us interact with large language models like ChatGPT and Claude through browsers or apps, but AI agents can apply the power of LLMs in entirely聽different ways.
Having humans in the loop helps ensure AI produces high quality work
A majority of聽young people fear that AI will displace them in the workplace, and entry-level jobs in AI-affected sectors are already in decline.
While聽there are a lot of things AI can do, there still needs to be a human in the loop, Simon Blanchette told Radio-Canada.
涩里番 researchers win prestigious NFRF 2024 grant to transform public engagement with AI
涩里番 researchers have received a prestigious 2024 New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) Exploration Grant for an interdisciplinary project that examines how artificial intelligence can reshape public participation in decision-making. Co-led by Dr. Jiangbo Yu (Civil Engineering) and Dr.
Hands-on vibe coding workshop by AAAI
AAAI recently hosted a hands-on workshop on vibe coding led by MMA鈥�24 alum Lakshya Agarwal, introducing students to AI-powered tools that turn ideas into working applications without requiring a traditional programming background. Through real-time demonstrations, Agarwal showed how AI-assisted editors and web app builders can rapidly move from concept to deployment, including building a live portfolio website on the spot.
Generative AI adoption has knock-on effects within an organization
Generative AI has聽begun聽replacing聽tasks聽at聽work,聽especially聽the聽dull,聽repetitive聽and simple聽ones. But聽when聽a聽task鈥攐r an聽entire聽job鈥攊s聽replaced聽by AI, the change聽doesn鈥檛聽stop聽there. The jobs of the people聽using聽AI-produced聽information change聽too.
AI red lines: who sets the limits in national security?
In a recent piece in The Conversation, Professor Emmanuelle Vaast聽examines the growing tensions between the use of artificial intelligence in warfare and surveillance. The discourse is prompted by a decision from AI company Anthropic, whose CEO refused to grant the U.S. military unrestricted access to its AI systems.
Pension funds enter a new governance era amid geopolitical and ai disruption
As global trade wars, geopolitical聽tensions聽and AI advances reshape financial markets, pension funds face mounting pressure to adapt.
Employers want MBA grads to be AI-literate
The world of business is changing, and MBA programs are changing with it. Employers now expect new hires to arrive with strong AI skills, and since January 2025, AI has been part of the curriculum at 涩里番 Desautels. 鈥淚t鈥檚 unavoidable,鈥� Associate Professor of Information Systems Genevi猫ve Bassellier told聽Les Affaires.
AI replaces tasks, not entire jobs
AI is changing the workplace, but it usually doesn鈥檛 replace entire jobs. Before laying people off because of 鈥楢I efficiencies鈥�, employers need a solid plan. 鈥淲e may or may not overestimate how much AI will affect the world of work, but we鈥檝e figured out that it does not destroys jobs, it destroys tasks,鈥� says Lisa Cohen, Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at 涩里番 Desautels.
Generative AI changes which job types are vulnerable to automation
Artificial intelligence is expected to reshape the labour market, but its impact won鈥檛 be felt evenly across all types of jobs. In Quebec, roughly 59 per cent of jobs are considered highly exposed to AI鈥攎eaning the technology is likely to change how people work rather than eliminate roles outright.
AI Pushes Deloitte to Redefine Roles and Rethink Career Paths
As Deloitte rewrites job titles for more than 180,000 U.S. employees, Simon Blanchette, a lecturer at 涩里番鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management, says the shift reflects broader pressures facing Canadian employers as AI transforms workplace responsibilities.
Canadian employers risk 'doing layoffs with extra steps' without AI workforce planning
Simon Blanchette, Faculty Lecturer, says Canadian organizations implementing AI without strategic workforce planning are doing layoffs with extra steps, because they're losing expertise, and they're not really planning for what's going to come after.
Replacing entry-level work can decimate a company鈥檚 talent pipeline
In an office environment, AI can perform many of the tasks that have traditionally been done by interns and junior employees.聽While that might seem like an efficiency gain, companies could lose out聽in the long run. The introduction of AI creates an inverse-pyramid within companies, according to Simon Blanchette, a management lecturer at 涩里番 Desautels.
