Canada joins the movement to make AI more open source

https://thelogic.co/news/canada-ai-strategy-open-source/

As allies and major tech players work together on systems without strings, Ottawa wants to lead international efforts and boost domestic adoption

Sanctuary AI names former longtime MDA boss as new CEO

https://thelogic.co/briefing/sanctuary-ai-names-former-longtime-mda-boss-as-new-ceo/

Hamilton moves toward pause on new data centres

https://thelogic.co/briefing/hamilton-moves-toward-pause-on-new-data-centres/

Worker shortage could obstruct Canada’s big building plans: EllisDon CEO

https://thelogic.co/briefing/worker-shortage-could-obstruct-canadas-big-building-plans-ellisdon-ceo/

Trump administration tries to speed up quantum development, defences

https://thelogic.co/briefing/trump-administration-tries-to-speed-up-quantum-development-defences/

G7 leaders and tech CEOs look for common front on AI standards

https://thelogic.co/briefing/g7-leaders-and-tech-ceos-look-for-common-front-on-ai-standards/

Cohere turns to Bell’s AI alliance for more Canadian compute capacity

https://thelogic.co/news/bell-sovereign-ai-alliance-cohere-compute/

Neocloud Buzz HPC will operate an expanded data centre in Merritt, B.C., with Hypertec providing the hardware to run Cohere’s models and tools

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander drops Converse to lace up for corporate parent Nike

https://thelogic.co/briefing/shai-gilgeous-alexander-drops-converse-to-lace-up-for-corporate-parent-nike/

CPP Investments commits $1B to Indian data-centre firm CtrlS

https://thelogic.co/briefing/cpp-investments-commits-1b-to-indian-data-centre-firm-ctrls/

German security tech firm sets up shop at Mila to develop new AI tools

https://thelogic.co/news/exclusive/mila-giesecke-devrient-collaborate-ai-tools/

Giesecke+Devrient is setting up a 15-person office in Montreal to work on technology for currency, identity and connectivity