Birdseye raises $500,000 to help Shopify businesses automate marketing strategies using AI
Birdseye’s platform generates marketing plans with step-by-step instructions.
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A|I: The AI Times – Bill Gates is blogging about AI now
Plus: Alberta gives $30 million to AI research.
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.
Coveo taps former Lightspeed, D2L exec Brandon Nussey to replace retiring CFO Jean Lavigueur
Incoming Coveo CFO previously led Lightspeed’s TSX, NYSE IPOs.
Metaspectral selected to join South Australian government accelerator program
Its technology conducts AI-powered hyperspectral data analysis in real-time.
Canadian government ups semiconductor focus, invests $36 million in Ranovus
Ranovus investment part of a $100-million project to advance Canadian semiconductor manufacturing, production.
Ontario budget gains kudos for streamlining procurement, increasing access to skilled talent
“Minister Bethlenfalvy and the Ontario government has listened to many of our members’ concerns.”
UBC, BC Cancer researchers develop AI model to predict cancer survival rates
The AI model can predict survival outcomes within six months, 36 months, 60 months.
Coveo CEO Louis Têtu wants to take risk out of generative AI
“We’re very confident of our advance here,” says the CEO.
Alberta Innovates invests $30 million into Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute to spur research
New funding will attract investment and create jobs, says innovation minister.
Mercator AI raises $5.1 million CAD as it develops early project detection tool for construction
Mercator helps business developers find leads in construction projects faster using AI.
Québec budget aimed at stimulating the economy with investments in tech sectors, skilled labour
Cleantech, FinTech, AI, and quantum sciences are getting attention.
Shopify enterprise merchants can now use Google’s AI tools to improve searchability
Google Cloud’s integration increases access to Google’s search and browsing technologies.
A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI unveils GPT-4 as Google-backed Anthropic launches Claude
Plus: How did Siri, Google, and Alexa lose their lead?
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.