AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton says we must convince AI that it’s our mother
Hinton says making AIs care more about us than themselves could keep them from wiping out humanity.
Events
Meet the BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall full speaker lineup
Cameron Bailey, Olivia Chow, Eliot Pence, and more join BetaKit’s marquee Toronto Tech Week opener.
PrairiesCan invests $7.9 million in funding to support Co.Labs, local AI firms
Funding was announced in Saskatoon at the Uniting the Prairies conference.
How four Edmonton startups are collaborating to fight wildfires
At Edmonton Unlimited panel, local tech leaders talked earning trust in a challenging industry.
Q&A: Kepler’s CEO on Canada’s space ambitions and the best Toronto Tech Week eats
Mina Mitry talks launching the world’s first optical relay satellite network ahead of Toronto Tech Week appearance.
Canadian life sciences is at a “generational moment,” but experts disagree on its future
At MaRS Impact Health, leaders debate what government should do to grow the sector.
Canada’s AI regulation will be “airtight” on bias, racism, and hate, Solomon says
At QueerTech breakfast, AI minister says feds will regulate lightly on innovation and tightly where harms emerge.
Turbopuffer doesn’t want to be Canada’s fastest-growing tech company
Plus: Cohere exec pledges AI firm will stay Canadian.
Jesse Wiebe built Startup TNT’s agri-food arm. Now he’s leaving to solve a larger problem
Prairies entrepreneur and startup advocate says Canada is facing a crisis in early-stage capital formation.
Why many of Canada’s tech centaurs are in no rush to go public
Leaders from Clio, GeoComply, Wealthsimple, and others talk IPOs and the “SaaSpocalypse.”
Canadian VCs are starting to fear an AI-driven “SaaSpocalypse”
At CIX Summit’s Investor Forum, VCs grappled with AI’s impact on an already tough market.
Defence tech founder warns Canada is getting “wishy-washy” about defining sovereignty
At CIX Summit, Sentinel R&D CEO argued Canada must do more than onshore other companies’ capabilities.
MaRS Impact Health returns to showcase Canada’s next big healthcare breakthroughs
Annual summit highlights Canada’s promising life science and healthtech startups on April 23.
Canada’s moment to build is now
Plus: Another Turing Award win for Canada.
Canadian companies make their case at Nvidia’s GTC conference
Cohere, Telus, and others showcase how they’re building with Nvidia’s dominant AI infrastructure.