An OpenAI model hacks Hugging Face
Plus: Ontario’s AI tool is accused of punishing Black prisoners.
Which LLMs are secretly Canadian?
Plus: OMERS Ventures head departs for Kensington.
General Fusion begins trading on Nasdaq, becomes first nuclear fusion company to go public
Richmond, BC-based firm hopes to make nuclear fusion power plants commercially viable.
Silicon Valley hits Calgary Stampede
Plus: Canada isn’t Delaware’s waiting room.
Does Anthropic want to eat your business?
Plus: How AI chatbots are being tricked into smear marketing.
Checking in on Canada’s digital sovereignty
Plus: More BetaKit in your inbox, every Wednesday.
Edmonton’s digital Nostradamus, and the early-stage funding gap
Plus: Why Manitoba is saying no to large-scale data centres.
Saskatoon angel investor Jesse Wiebe charged with indecent act while unlawfully entering home
Canadian Startup Capital Association founder recently publicly shared struggles with sobriety and mental health.
US foreign access ban on Anthropic models puts control over AI in the spotlight
Cohere co-founder Aidan Gomez: “It’s a massive wake-up call.”
Tech’s World Cup takeover
Plus: Canada’s new FinTech unicorns.
Is Canada’s AI strategy a plan of action?
Plus: Waabi’s Raquel Urtasun explains the coming Physical AI revolution.
Canada’s forthcoming AI strategy aims to stop IP and value from leaving the country, parliamentary secretary says
Prime Minister Carney has confirmed that the long-delayed strategy will be released next week.
Nasdaq spinoff sues Hiive for patent infringement
Nasdaq Private Market says Hiive violated patent for secondary sale settlement and clearance program.
Cohere releases its most powerful AI model as open source
As open-source AI becomes concentrated in China, Cohere says it wants to provide a secure alternative.
Digital surveillance Bill C-22 threatens to drive tech firms out of Canada
Growing number of tech leaders, privacy experts expressing concern over “lawful access” legislation.