AI pioneer Richard Sutton founds new research lab
Oak Lab hopes to one day create an AI agent that can run on just 20 watts of power.
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Anthropic commits $10 million to Canadian institutions for AI research
AI giant offering Claude credits to major institutions like U of T, Amii, Mila.
Alberta opens online gambling market to private operators
Province is the second in Canada to allow in private operators like DraftKings and FanDuel.
Alberta to invest $50 million into Amii over five years
Investment will be broken down across five provincial ministries.
Alberta is open-sourcing its AI playbook for government
Province releases series of white papers explaining how it used Claude, Gemini to upgrade government systems.
PrairiesCan invests $5.6 million to support Black entrepreneurship in Alberta
Investment follows similar funding last week in Manitoba.
Restaurants call on courts to force XTM to repay missing funds
FinTech’s payments platform abruptly collapsed earlier this year
Wyvern selected for NASA satellite data program
Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition program will bring Wyvern’s hyperspectral imaging to NASA researchers.
The forecast factory: How an Alberta tech company simulates disasters before they happen
Run With It Synthetics works to imagine dark futures—so the worst outcomes can be prevented.
Alberta Innovates invests $14 million to help commercialize local tech
Funding supports projects that will help Albertan startups scale toward commercialization.
Meet the AI company tracking the foreign actors stoking Alberta separatism
Cipher is using AI to track, monitor, and categorize the disinformation amplifying Canada’s unity crisis.
Edmonton Unlimited showcase broadens investment horizons for deep tech founders
Event will inform future deep tech-focused programming at the innovation hub.
National AI institutes get funding and talent boost from AI strategy
Mila, Amii, Vector Institute, and CAISI receive over $200 million in financial commitments.
At Upper Bound, AI experts debate what it means to be a person
Richard Sutton says machines aren’t persons yet, but will be someday.
The “Internet of Bodies” is here, and your body could be hacked
It’s not just cyberpunk sci-fi; online prostheses create new opportunities, but also risks.