Canada’s new AI strategy sets lofty goals for adoption and growth

https://thelogic.co/news/special-report/canada-ai-strategy-investment-adoption/

Ottawa believes widespread AI adoption could add almost $200 billion to the economy—and it’s investing hundreds of millions of dollars in a bid to get there

Canada’s new AI strategy includes $500M fund to back key firms

https://thelogic.co/news/exclusive/canada-ai-strategy-funding-research/

Ottawa also plans to expand funding for AI adoption, researchers and commercialization as part of a suite of new and renewed programs, The Logic has learned

Draft AI strategy targets major boost to business adoption and public education: Report

https://thelogic.co/briefing/draft-ai-strategy-targets-major-boost-to-business-adoption-and-public-education-report/

Shopify asks governments not to pass new laws to govern AI

https://thelogic.co/briefing/shopify-asks-governments-not-to-pass-new-laws-to-govern-ai/

Calian to work with Cohere on AI tools for defence

https://thelogic.co/briefing/calian-to-work-with-cohere-on-ai-tools-for-defence/

BenchSci lays off another 30% of staff as it embraces AI agents

https://thelogic.co/briefing/benchsci-lays-off-another-30-of-staff-as-it-embraces-ai-agents/

Cohere bets open sourcing AI models will help drive growth

https://thelogic.co/briefing/cohere-bets-open-sourcing-ai-models-will-help-drive-growth/

Canadian firms slow to employ AI agents, survey shows

https://thelogic.co/briefing/canadian-firms-slow-to-employ-ai-agents-survey-shows/

Pope warns of ‘concentration of power in the digital world’ in AI address

https://thelogic.co/briefing/pope-warns-of-concentration-of-power-in-the-digital-world-in-ai-address/

Versos AI wants to become a one-stop shop for video training data

https://thelogic.co/news/ai-training-data-video-versos/

Tech firms are pushing their frontier AI models to understand more about the real world. One New Brunswick-based firm reckons its vast library of video footage could be the key.