Yoshua Bengio, major tech leaders call for six-month pause on advanced AI development in open letter
Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, and DeepMind scientists also signed the letter.
After a tough year, Goodfood switches up CFO, promoting VP Roslane Aouameur
Aouameur’s strategic focus will be on profitability and positive cash flow.
Québec budget aimed at stimulating the economy with investments in tech sectors, skilled labour
Cleantech, FinTech, AI, and quantum sciences are getting attention.
Noze receives $1 million grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to build TB- and malaria-detecting breathalyzer
The startup’s digital odour perception platform was used during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Haply Robotics secures $4.8 million CAD seed round to develop tactile tech used for surgical training, gaming
Funds will go towards fine-tuning Haply’s Inverse3 device.
Paper acquires literacy tool Readlee to help curb pandemic-fuelled literacy crisis among children
Readlee was created by Harvard researchers and masters teachers.