The Toronto-based firm will work with departments in both governments to implement AI in their operations, and with the U.K. AI Security Institute and the Canadian AI Safety Institute to address the technology’s risks. Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez met with Prime Minister Mark Carney and British counterpart Keir Starmer in Ottawa on Sunday. (The Logic)

Talking point: Starmer’s Labour and Carney’s Liberals have promised to use AI to make their governments more productive and efficient. Like other developers of generative tools, Cohere has been pushing into the public sector, including landing a contract with Canada’s cyber intelligence agency, as The Logic first reported. The firm declined Monday to provide more details of its work with Ottawa. But Cohere is “engaged with [the government] across a few departments,” co-founder Ivan Zhang said at an event for public servants last week.