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Shopify board fighting shareholder push to create AI policy
- On Tuesday, Shopify Inc. shareholders voted against creating an artificial intelligence policy at the company's annual general meeting.
- The Shareholder Association for Research and Education proposed the mandate on behalf of the United Church pension plan in Canada, which holds a stake in Shopify.
- Advocates argue generative AI systems may negatively impact human rights, while agentic AI can cause misinformation, manipulation, and erroneous automated transactions.
- Shopify's board urged shareholders to reject the proposal, asserting that existing contracts and terms of service already establish sufficient guardrails for AI usage.
- Although the final vote count remains undisclosed, Shopify utilizes AI for merchant operations, internal coding, product development, and staff performance reviews.
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NiagaraFallsReview.ca+2 Reposted by 2 other sources
Shopify shareholders shoot down proposal to create AI policy
Shopify Inc. shareholders have voted against the company creating an artificial intelligence policy.
·Niagara Falls, Canada
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Shopify board fighting shareholder push to create AI policy
Shareholders argue Shopify needs a policy because research has found generative AI systems may negatively impact human rights and agentic AI can cause misinformation, manipulation and erroneous automated transactions.
·Toronto, Canada
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The implementation of this policy is supported by SHARE. The post Shopify urged to put in place a policy on the subject of AI appeared first on Les Affaires.
·Montreal, Canada
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