Artificial Intelligence

• Rising oil prices cause Wall Street to lose ground

  Stocks opened lower Friday on Wall Street as Big Tech companies tied to artificial intelligence swing lower again and oil prices rise.

  Economy

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• NDP rejects claim from Scott Moe that it used AI to create health-care plan

  In a social media post Wednesday, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe accused the Opposition of using AI to write its health care plan. NDP leader Carla Beck disputed his claims.

  Politics

  Oct 22
  
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• Library and Archives Canada cracking down on AI books amid copyright threats

  Library and Archives Canada recently updated its ISBN (International Standard Book Numbers) policy to limit books and other literary content created using artificial intelligence.

  Canada

  Oct 22
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• AI stocks weigh on markets Thursday as oil rises to highest price since May

  Drops for stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry are dragging markets down worldwide on Thursday, while oil prices hit their highest levels since May amid the Iran war.

  Economy

  Oct 22
• Ottawa ‘not responsible’ for regulating AI data centre power use: minister

  AI Minister Evan Solomon spoke to the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology on Thursday, where he was asked about power usage by data centres Canada.

  Canada

  Oct 22
• Can a photo help predict if you’ll survive cancer? Researchers think so

  A team of researchers developed AI models that they say can predict a person’s biological age and chances of surviving cancer treatment using a singular photograph of their face.

  Tech

  Oct 21
• News publishers launch copyright suit against AI company Anthropic in Ontario

  A coalition of news publishers that includes Canada’s largest newspapers is suing the artificial intelligence company Anthropic in an Ontario court.

  Canada

  Oct 19
• New Brunswick data centre debate highlights cross-country tension over AI facilities

  Chris Watson says he was very concerned when he reviewed a New Brunswick business development agency's recent correspondence about data centres.

  Canada

  Oct 19
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• Vancouver police, school board investigating ‘disturbing online behaviour’

  Global News has learned that there was talk among students last week that some male Grade 12 students had created AI content of female students.

  Crime

  Oct 15
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• AI stocks are taking a beating amid inflation, interest rate worries

  A sell-off for artificial-intelligence stocks is hitting Wall Street again after whipping around the world on worries about how much longer the AI frenzy will last.

  Economy

  Oct 15