A $750,000 provincial education plan was published with 38 references that an independent review could not verify. Two Ontario lawyers were penalized for AI-generated citations, with one suspended for six months and the other fined $31,150.

The common thread in these cases: AI output went out the door without human verification.

On November 13, 2026, Josephine Yam, JD, LLM, MA Phil (AI Ethics), AI lawyer and ethicist, TEDx speaker, and Skills4Good AI CEO and co-founder, will address the AI verification gap at TESS 2026: Human by Design, eCampusOntario’s annual Technology and Education Seminar and Showcase (TESS), held at The Quay in downtown Toronto.

Her session, titled “The Human Skills AI Cannot Replace: Designing Micro-credentials for Human-AI Accountability in Regulated Professions,” will focus on that AI verification gap.

The session makes one argument: AI verification, the practice of checking AI output before relying on it, is a core part of AI literacy and a human skill.

Canada’s AI for All strategy defines AI literacy as recognizing AI, judging its outputs, and deciding where it belongs. Skills4Good AI’s framework, Responsible AI Literacy = AI Skills + Human Skills™, shows what judging requires: curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, adaptability, empathy, and ethical judgment, all operating within privacy, ethics, and human rights guardrails.

Ontario postsecondary leaders will learn about the four AI risks in professional workflows (hallucinations, privacy breaches, bias, and reasoning gaps) and leave with a three-step scorecard to assess whether any AI micro-credential teaches learners to verify that these risks are addressed through theory, practice, and documentation.

Human by Design is the premise behind everything Skills4Good AI builds: AI literacy is not only the ability to use AI but also the ability to question it, verify it, and answer for it. The Responsible AI Audit™ Certificate Programs apply that standard to lawyers and regulated professionals. The courses are accredited by the Law Society of Ontario and approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California. Skills4Good AI is a Government of Canada Training Provider. Josephine’s peer-reviewed research appears in Ethics and Information Technology and the American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience.

Learn more about TESS 2026: https://tess-svet.ecampusontario.ca/