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Workers are getting ahead of employers on AI: Punchcard
Workers are getting ahead of employers on AI: Punchcard
Canadian workers in heavy industries are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) faster than their employers are providing the training and support needed to use it effectively, according to new research by Punchcard Systems.
Investor groups call for tax incentives, capital gains rollover
The Council of Canadian Innovators, Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, National Angel Capital Organization, C100, CPA Ontario and Chartered Business Valuators Institute have published a letter to Canada’s finance minister that calls for two tax changes.
How to get pension funds to invest more in startups
OPINION: The recent Canada Investment Summit mobilized $500 billion in new capital, according to the federal government, particularly our major infrastructure and resource projects. Canada now needs to put the same spotlight on the financing of its early-stage companies.
PwC, Cohere alliance to accelerate enterprise AI adoption
PwC and Toronto-based sovereign AI company Cohere have announced a global alliance, starting with Canada, to help organizations deploy secure enterprise AI and turn AI investment into measurable business value.
Cybersecurity budgets inadequate as attacks grow: survey
A new survey conducted by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority suggests some Canadian companies are losing confidence in their cybersecurity budgets’ ability to handle the increasingly frequent and complex threats they face.
Calian, Invest Ottawa to open new defence R&D lab
A 1,850-acre research and development complex in Canada’s capital is getting a new defence tech lab. At GCXpo, Ottawa-based defence company Calian and regional innovation hub Invest Ottawa announced they will open the Northstar Defence Lab at Area X.O.
Meta's AI glasses face privacy reckoning
A major Dutch eyewear chain has pulled Meta's camera-equipped Ray-Ban smart glasses from its shelves in the Netherlands and Belgium, marking one of the first retail-level withdrawals of the product as privacy concerns intensify across Europe and beyond.
Mirror Particle is building a model of human behaviour
The status quo for human behaviour prediction today relies heavily on large language models that are prompted or fine-tuned to role-play as a target demographic. But two-year-old, San Francisco-based Mirror Particle thinks that approach is fundamentally broken.
AI-generated ‘journalists’ start to appear in Canada
AI has infiltrated news media in Canada and around the world. In late September, the story of “Daniel Robson” emerged. Canadian news outlets pulled his work from their websites after being told Robson appeared not to be a real person.
OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT’s text in the EU
OpenAI will start adding an invisible watermark to text generated by ChatGPT and Codex in the European Union to comply with the EU AI Act, the company said Monday in a blog post.
ECB’s Lagarde says Europe must develop AI capabilities
Europe risks leaving itself vulnerable if it relies on AI models developed elsewhere, according to European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde. The ECB chief and Governing Council colleagues warn Europe can’t afford to fall too far behind the U.S.
Britain’s reliance on U.S. cloud giants alarms its politicians
The U.K.’s dependence on big American cloud providers poses “a strategic and economic vulnerability” to the country, politicians warned, as U.S. authorities have the power to switch off Britain’s public services or demand personal information under federal law.
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