This week, Peter was interviewed by CBC Radio to discuss how AI-powered glasses are helping people with vision loss navigate the world around them.

Peter weighed in on the price of independence and the limitations of such technologies, highlighting the importance for end-users to be aware of the risks, noting that AI systems will and do fail sometimes, and that people need to be able to make informed trust decisions in different situations. He argued that with current technology, users are often presented with a false choice between privacy and independence, and that technology need not be designed in this way. Peter concludes his interview with a hopeful future for assistive technologies, suggesting focus ought to be placed on inclusive design to empower individuals toward fluid and independent lives.

This week, Nathan, Zahra, and Ainaz delivered a workshop entitled *Beating an AI Wizard: Can You Get AI to Tell You the Secret Password?  for Oshawa Public Libraries.

The aim of this workshop was to defeat an AI Wizard who holds a series of passwords. Before tackling the grand challenge, participants first explored concepts of Artificial Intellgience, Large Language Models, Guardrails and Prompt Engineering. They were introduced to a range of case-studies that highlight the gaps in security, and completed an activity to foster their jailbreaking skills, all in effort of bolstering their chances of taking down Gandalf!