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Ecobee’s Stuart Lombard retires, AI “godfathers” sign new policy letter
Plus: Wealthsimple’s CCO says a “lack of political will” harming FinTech innovation. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find…
Hinton, Bengio, among 24 expert signatories with policy-focused AI recommendations in new letter
Signatories include multiple CIFAR chair members behind Canada’s Pan-Canadian AI Strategy. Canadian artificial intelligence (AI) pioneers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio have added their…
Alberta Technology Minister’s mandate letter appears to support reducing restrictions on title ‘software engineer’
Startups, regulator have been embroiled in a dispute over the title for years. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith appears to have addressed previous concerns that…
A|I: The AI Times – Public letter escalation: Bengio & Hinton sign another warning
Plus: Canadian AI computing startup Tenstorrent and LG partner to build chips. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine…
Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio warn “risk of extinction from AI” in public letter
Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio warn of “risk of extinction” from AI as more industry leaders ring the alarm to regulate the technology. Canadian…
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. Yoshua Bengio, the co-founder of Montréal-based Mila, along with hundreds of tech leaders,…
Payments Canada pens open letter to Minister of Finance to expand organization’s membership eligibility
Payments Canada pens open letter to Minister of Finance to expand organization’s membership eligibility Payments Canada, along with other stakeholders in Canada’s payments industry…
Alberta tech CEOs sign letter claiming restrictions over “software engineer” title hampering province’s talent gains
A number of Alberta’s leading technology companies have issued an open letter to the newly elected provincial premier over concerns that a professional standards…
Québec’s new French language bill prompts letter of concern from tech business leaders
Stringent language requirements raise worries over attracting talent and economic damage. The Canadian Council of Innovators (CCI) has sent a letter to the Québec…