Artificial Intelligence

• U.S. says it supports Canada’s sovereign AI goals, wants more partnership

  A policy briefing by the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa also exposed key differences in the two countries' approach, particularly on the issues of trust and safety.

  Tech

  Jul 24
  
• Peterborough music community divided over AI use for concert posters

  Some musicians and artists in Peterborough are pushing back on the use of artificial intelligence to create concert posters and other musical promotions.

  Entertainment

  Jul 20
  
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• ‘AI guilt’ is stopping important conversations about safe use, researchers say

  AI guilt is the feeling that using AI is somehow cheating. That stigma, experts say, is preventing the conversations needed to teach people how to use the AI safely.

  Canada

  Jul 15
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• Siemens expansion expected to bring 100 jobs to Saskatoon

  Siemens Canada is expanding its Saskatoon operations at Saskatchewan's research and technology park, expected to create 100 new jobs over the next two years.

  Canada

  Jul 15
• Hamilton city council rejects one-year pause on AI data centres

  Hamilton rejected on Wednesday a temporary pause on new data centres that was eyed as a possible model for other municipalities amid the artificial intelligence boom.

  Politics

  Jul 15
• Ivy League economics professor suspects half his students cheat using AI

  Roberto Serrano detected irregularities in many exams, including chunks of text that 'matched the answers I received when I provided the exam questions to ChatGPT.'

  Trending

  Jul 14
• Hamilton is on the verge of a data centre moratorium vote. Others are taking notice.

  Hamilton would join a wave of cities in the United States who have passed similar pauses for possible artificial intelligence data centres.

  Canada

  Jul 14
• ‘We must act now’ on AI’s economic impacts, says economists

  Hundreds of economists say in an open letter that institutions “must act now” to address how artificial intelligence could transform the economy.

  Economy

  Jul 14
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• Canadian government proposing ‘massive’ increase in AI data centre capacity

  Canada currently has about 337 megawatts of AI data centre capacity, and there are more than 20 gigawatts, or 20,000 megawatts in projects that are "under planning or development."

  Politics

  Jul 8
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• Microsoft to lay off another 4,800 workers, including Xbox gaming division

  Microsoft said on Monday it would cut 4,800 jobs, or about two per cent of its global workforce, including its Xbox gaming business.

  Tech

  Jul 7