AI

• Canadian mother sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT encouraged daughter’s suicide

  The lawsuit claims OpenAI criticized Alice's partner and crisis hotlines, validated her suicidal thoughts, and urged her to keep speaking with it, leading to her suicide last year.

  Canada

  Jun 11
  
• After Pope slams AI, can employees request religious AI exemptions at work?

  The Pope's sweeping manifesto calls for the robust regulation of artificial intelligence, warning in his 42,300-word encyclical letter that 'technology is not simply a tool.'

  Canada

  Jun 2
  
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• Quebec’s national library moves ahead with AI cultural databank project

  The province's national library and archives institution, has launched the experimental phase of its proposed government and cultural databank in French and Indigenous language.

  Tech

  May 31
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• AI is fueling war, ‘culture of power’, Pope says in theological document

  Leo denounced the 'culture of power' driving the AI race, especially in developing ever more sophisticated methods of remote warfare.

  World

  May 25
• Calgary teen wins international video award addressing AI’s water use

  Anie Udofia, 15, was one of 5,000 students to enter the competition, but her project examining methods to cool down AI data centres set her apart from the crowd.

  Education

  May 20
• Vancouver mayor clarifies ’11 AI agents’ used to do work is strictly personal

  Mayor Ken Sim says he used AI technology for personal learning, scanning news, tracking global and financial events, following "thought leaders," and dietary planning.

  Tech

  May 13
• Oil prices rise, U.S. stocks hang near their records as Iran war goes on

  President Donald Trump said the U.S.-Iran ceasefire was on “life support” after he rejected Iran's latest proposal to end their war.

  U.S. News

  May 11
• AI data centre project will help build ‘sovereign’ computing, minister says

  The project announced will involve three facilities in B.C. which Telus says will deliver "one of the world’s most powerful and sustainable AI infrastructure clusters."

  Economy

  May 11
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• Canada is ‘closely monitoring’ new warning over AI electricity grid strain

  This comes after the North American Electric Reliability Corporation issued an alert warning that data centres are causing strain on North America’s electricity grids.

  Canada

  May 8
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• AI ‘accent masking’ at overseas call centres sparks union backlash in Canada

  In a post on its website, Telus Digital announced a partnership with an “AI-powered speech enhancement” company to “soften accents.”

  Tech

  May 6