Human Computer Lab wants the next home robot to be more Pixar lamp than laundry-folding butler
LeLamp creator is betting expression and emotion matter more than arms and legs.
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Schooling Canada in faster AI Adoption
McMaster’s DeGroote School of Business launches three new flexible AI programs.
Here are the 400+ ways Canada’s government is currently using AI
Ottawa’s new AI register promises to track how the feds are using, and testing, AI systems.
Versos offers copyright-cleared data to help AI generate videos, not lawsuits
As AI companies face copyright pressures, Versos marketplace offers traceable, rights-cleared video.
US firm Forum Ventures bets on Toronto to build next wave of AI software startups
New $11.5-million USD fund will funnel capital to AI-native, B2B SaaS companies.
Is the feds’ FDI approach “toxic” for Canadian tech?
Plus: How Dozr went from a building boom to receivership.
How OpenText went all-in on AI
OpenText EVP Shannon Bell explains why her job now requires human and digital resource management.
Feds commit $42.5 million to expand AI compute infrastructure at University of Toronto
Funding will help researchers across the country train AI models with billions of parameters.
FluidAI enters acquisition deal with Emmetros as it pushes to modernize patient recovery with AI
Healthtech firm says combined tech will help hospitals keep patients connected while cutting time to discharge.
FinOps has become the new superpower for CFOs
Unicorne’s Éric Pinet on how to avoid the spiraling costs of cloud services.
TISC is fine-tuning AI for split-second decisions, starting on the basketball court
Canadian co-founded startup plans to tap machine learning talent in Canada and the US.
Nokia’s Ottawa expansion tests Canada’s definition of “sovereign AI”
Government calls $340-million project “gold standard” while critics say it’s a “toxic” foreign subsidy.
UAE research institute to open lab within Mila
Montréal AI research centre and Technology Innovation Institute team up as PM visits UAE.
Inside Ottawa’s cautious experiment with an AI-powered digital help desk
Plus: It’s ‘Valley or Bust’ for Canada’s young entrepreneurs.
Sweden brings urgency—and royalty—to Montréal as it seeks AI research partnership
Swedish deputy PM says countries must be “risk aware, not risk averse” as royal delegation visits Mila.