Generative AI use in the workplace is growing unchecked, new Salesforce survey finds
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Generative AI use in the workplace is growing unchecked, new Salesforce survey finds

Only 13 percent of Canadian respondents said their workplace has clearly defined generative AI rules. A new report from Salesforce suggests that the increasing…

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How CIOs can prepare for the “tectonic change” of generative AI

Coveo CEO Louis Têtu travelled the world talking to CIOs about their AI concerns. Here’s what he learned. Nearly every company leader in the…

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As enterprises dip their toes into generative AI, Plurilock finds gains in selling safety

Regulatory changes are putting greater pressure on compliance, says CEO Ian Paterson. A few years ago, a strong password and antivirus software were all…

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Ideogram launches with $22.3 million CAD for generative AI text-to-image platform like DALL-E

a16z, Canadian AI expert Raquel Urtasun, Github co-founder Tom Preston-Werner invested. Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Ideogram, which offers generative text-to-image technology, has launched…

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Cohere secures strategic investment from SAP as enterprise demand for generative AI grows
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Cohere secures strategic investment from SAP as enterprise demand for generative AI grows

Toronto-based Cohere has also partnered with McKinsey. German software giant SAP has made strategic investments in Toronto-based OpenAI rival Cohere and a pair of…

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Shakudo closes $9.5-million CAD Series A to help companies adopt generative AI
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Shakudo closes $9.5-million CAD Series A to help companies adopt generative AI

GreatPoint-backed Shakudo is led by AI experts from Georgian, Borealis AI, and BMO. Toronto-based Shakudo has secured $9.5 million CAD ($7.2 million USD) in…

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Spellbook, formerly Rally, raises $10.9 million to automate legal contracts using generative AI

The company is rebranding as part of a new focus on its AI tool and strategy. The Toronto legaltech startup Rally has raised $10.9…

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A|I: The AI Times – EU proposes new copyright rules for generative AI as OpenAI adds ChatGPT privacy options

Plus: Ray Kurzweil weighs in on calls to pause AI development. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning,…

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Coveo CEO Louis Têtu wants to take risk out of generative AI

“We’re very confident of our advance here,” says the CEO. As artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly becomes commercialized, its potential for missteps also grows. Québec…

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Generative AI will test what’s worse: biased data or user bad faith

All year, on this podcast, we’ve been talking about the potential for generative AI. How it will change academia, our economy, our laws. How…

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