Where quantum and AI intersect
At ALL IN, quantum leaders discussed why the tech won’t be built (or sold) like AI.
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Q&A: An anthropologist pulls back the curtain on the humans behind AI
Joseph Wilson spoke with ghost workers, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, and even joined a Toronto chip company.
An AI tried to hack Canada. Is that a warning?
Plus: Peripheral Labs adds former Meta product lead as CPO.
Federal government launches new national AI council
Private and public stakeholders, including Yoshua Bengio and Sanja Fidler, named to 13-member advisory council.
Peripheral hires former Meta Reality Labs exec to lead volumetric video push
Ex-Intel Sports director Shaun Carrigan helped develop pivotal tech for the NFL, MLB.
Alberta municipalities juggle data centre development gold rush with public pushback
New proposals in central Alberta have left host municipalities between a rock and a hard place.
Femtum opens new Québec City factory to build more lasers for chipmakers
The $2.1-million headquarters dramatically expands production capacity as Femtum scales to meet data-centre boom.
“No indication” AI agents breached government systems following attack attempt, Canadian security agency says
AI research firm Transluce identified OpenAI-style attempts to breach Library and Archives Canada.
Q&A: Animikii’s Jeff Ward on #DataBack and what the world can learn from Indigenous tech
Animikii’s Niiwin platform is being developed to reclaim, organize, and safeguard Indigenous data.
With launch of new app, BC startup Bridge looks to digitize reconciliation
Bridge Impact AI uses Indigenous-sourced data to provide resources for reconciliation practices.
Workplace AI adoption accelerates among Indigenous peoples
Toronto Metropolitan University report shows rate of Indigenous workers using AI outpacing counterparts.
How Brodie Rec is turning recreational basketball into a $10-million growth story
Toronto app that helps you feel like a basketball star wants to be in 100 North American cities by the end of 2027.
Biossil hits unicorn status with new OpenAI-led financing
Toronto-based biotech raises $153 million USD to give discarded drug candidates an AI-assisted second chance.
How Canada can keep its AI talent
Mila’s Alex Shee on the shift from academic institutions that could help create “generational opportunity.”
Feds give Mitacs $162 million for AI internship program for smaller Canadian businesses
Federal government will fund 10,000 paid placements for students and recent graduates in AI-related fields.