Joanna Redden and Fenwick McKelvey question the Candadian federal government’s proposed Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA) in a recent Conversation article, highlighting its many shortcomings that do not sufficiently address data harms and impact. Also, as part of the Academics Stand Against Poverty blog series, Georgia van Toorn, Joanna Redden, Lina Dencik, and Jess Brand challenge the UK Labour government to resist the temptation to rely on technological solutions such as AI to tackle the structural problems of poverty and inequality.