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Tribe completes Meritus integration as it chases Ontario condo growth
Tribe completes Meritus integration, chases condo growth
Tribe Property Technologies Inc. completed the integration of Meritus Group Management, a key step for the Vancouver company to expand its Ontario business as it pitches its technology to condo boards looking to control operating costs.
Federal government launches new national AI council
The federal government has assembled a 13-member council comprised of Canadian tech leaders to advise Canada on the evolution of its AI strategy and to provide what it claims will be independent advice on Canada’s AI transformation.
Bill C-22 gives police more power to collect data.
Secure messaging service Signal is still ready to shut down its Canadian operations if Bill C-22, known as the Lawful Access Act, becomes law and is enforced. Signal VP of strategy Udbhav Tiwari reiterated his non-profit’s stance against Canada’s Bill C-22.
U.S. bars IT firms from green card program
The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft, Adobe, and several other technology companies from a program that helps skilled foreign workers obtain permanent residency in the United States, accusing the companies of fraud.
Legal responsiblity when AI agents go rogue
A hacking spree by rogue AI agents this year has created a legal grey area about who is responsible when the technology breaks free from human control and behaves in unintended ways.
Holding AI companies responsible for hallucinations
OPINION: In recent years, Canadian courts and tribunals have seen an increase in the number of instances where parties who appeared before them had relied on law that does not exist. In most cases, this fictitious law was created by generative AI.
Next hurdle for AI agents: getting into websites
Personal AI agents, like Meta’s Muse, Instinct, ChatGPT’s Dots and others, can actually get things done on users’ behalf, like booking flights, making dinner reservations, ordering groceries and more, all without having to have another agent on your own computer.
AI use at work grows eightfold, governance gap remains
CPA Canada’s AI in Accounting Study found organizational AI use increased from five per cent in 2023 to 43 per cent in 2026, while 74 per cent of respondents use AI at least weekly at work.
How to train your robot, a first hand look
Teaching robots by observation is difficult, but teleoperation offers a solution. By having humans remotely control robotic arms to perform tasks like folding shirts, operators generate the high-quality training data required for robots to learn.
Flock cuts staff as privacy backlash grows
Surveillance camera maker Flock is cutting its workforce as the company faces ongoing and growing backlash to its license plate readers and people-tracking technology. Reuters has reported that Flock is reducing its staff by 18 per cent, or around 270 employees.
Polygrade launches with $6.3 million USD in seed funding
Led by a team with experience building Setter, Thumbtack and Sears Home Services, Toronto-based Polygrade sells software that uses agentic AI to reduce the time and cost required to address home warranty claims for companies, suppliers and service providers.
Data center darling’s $30-billion IPO crushed
In 48 hours, Firmus Grid Ltd. went from a rising star of the artificial intelligence data centre boom to one of the biggest deal flops in recent memory while on the cusp of becoming Australia’s biggest-ever initial public offerings.
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