Artificial Intelligence

• Toronto hospital network appoints chief AI scientist in bid to improve health care

  Canada's largest network of research hospitals has appointed a chief artificial intelligence scientist to harness promising technology.

  Health

  Sep 20
  
• As AI grows, U.S. senators seek tech titans’ advice over how to regulate

  Some Republicans have been wary of following the path of the European Union, which signed off in June on the world's first set of comprehensive rules for artificial intelligence.

  Tech

  Sep 13
  
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• School boards lacking formal policies for AI as students return to class

  Among the school boards that responded to a survey by The Canadian Press, none had an official AI-specific policy in place. One expert says broad policies aren't the answer.

  Canada

  Sep 2
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• Artificial intelligence making its mark in classrooms

  As students make their return to the classroom, artificial intelligence is generating new conversations about its connections to learning for both projects and plagiarism.

  Canada

  Aug 31
• AI chatbots may carry cybersecurity risks, British officials warn

  The AI-powered tools are seeing early use as chatbots that some envision displacing not just internet searches but also customer service work and sales calls.

  Tech

  Aug 30
• Music copyright is still a mess after 500 years. Can we finally change things before AI takes over?

  The legal situations involving music and copyright is a nightmare. Is this the way things finally get fixed?

  Entertainment

  Aug 27
• Tourism Jasper harnessing power of AI: ‘The sky is the limit’ 

  Tourism Jasper is exploring how AI could be used on everything from travel patterns and seasonal hiring to human-wildlife conflict and adaptation to climate change. 

  Canada

  Aug 11
• Biden orders ban of U.S. investments in certain China technologies

  The Biden administration said it engaged with U.S. allies and partners as it developed the restrictions "and will continue coordinating closely with them to advance these goals."

  U.S. News

  Aug 9
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• AI proven to safely improve breast cancer detection accuracy, study finds

  The study found that AI-supported mammograms were able to safely cut doctor mammogram screen-reading workload by half.

  Canada

  Aug 4
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• Calgary company using AI to boost its trading card game sorters

  “We are branching into machine learning now, which is going to help a lot with speed as well as being able to recognize new games faster.”

  Canada

  Aug 2