Taylor Swift & the Apple Vision Pro are the biggest tech stories of 2024 (so far)
There is now software designed as an offensive weapon to fight other software. Arm the Swifties.
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Professor Esma Aïmeur discusses the double-edged sword of GenAI ahead of the World AI Cannes Festival
GenAI will exponentially increase the threats we face online, but it could also be our greatest protector.
Google rebrands Bard to Gemini as chatbot finally launches in Canada
Canada was conspicuously left off Google’s international expansion list last year.
Nord Quantique claims industry first quantum error correction at qubit level
Québec startup aims to develop more scalable hardware for quantum computing.
OpenHouse.ai raises $1.5 million CAD for house-planning and marketing tool
The platform provides insights to builders about desired features and floor plans in certain communities.
A|I: The AI Times – AI is expensive. Cue the M&A.
Plus: Canada and UK sign memo on AI compute power.
Maple VC backs Canadian-founded Dexa’s $6-million seed round
Dexa offers an AI-powered search tool for podcast listeners.
Untether AI’s new CEO is here for global scale
Chris Walker left retirement to lead Untether AI’s “scaling moment.”
Workspace analytics startup Relogix acquired by HubStar
Ottawa startup develops sensors that track office space occupancy.
Inovia report indicates Canadian software sector is returning to normal
Canadian VC funding bounced back from an annual decline in Q4 2023 more aggressively than other countries.
Canada, UK sign agreements to work together on AI compute capacity, high-tech research
Agreement follows the collapse of free trade talks between the countries last week.
A|I: The AI Times – Ex-CPPIB chief wants to raise $500M USD AI growth fund
Plus: the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models.
AI-powered medical record reviewer Wisedocs closes $12.7-million CAD Series A round
Wisedocs claims it has more than doubled its customer base in 2023.
Eight Canadian foodtech projects receive $1.9 million in pilot funding from CFIN
Supported projects include short-haul delivery robots and augmented reality training programs.
The war against tech enshittification
This is why we can’t have nice things.