A|I: The AI Times – Critics skewer Fed’s AI consultations, Cohere co-founder wants to keep it simple
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A|I: The AI Times – Critics skewer Fed’s AI consultations, Cohere co-founder wants to keep it simple

Startup founded by ex-Google Search team nears $2 billion valuation. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big…

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PASQAL, Investissement Québec launch $90-million Quantum Computing initiative
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A|I: The AI Times – Sam Altman is back, Microsoft grabs a board seat, OpenAI plans governance changes

The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the globe. If you…

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Active Impact Investments launches third climate tech seed fund with $70 million in initial commitments
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Active Impact launches $120-million third cleantech fund, Feds release Fall Economic Statement

Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features, and editorials published on BetaKit. If…

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A|I: The AI Times – As Sam Altman returns to OpenAI, Cohere CEO slams the “self righteousness” of effective altruism
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A|I: The AI Times – As Sam Altman returns to OpenAI, Cohere CEO slams the “self righteousness” of effective altruism

Plus: Microsoft looks to scale Québec presence with $500-million USD investment. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning,…

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Microsoft looks to scale Québec presence with $500-million USD investment

Tech giant plans to expand its AI, cloud computing infrastructure in the province. Microsoft is betting big on Québec as the tech giant earmarks $685…

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A|I: The AI Times – Everything you need to know about the sudden firing of Sam Altman
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A|I: The AI Times – Everything you need to know about the sudden firing of Sam Altman

Plus: TechBrew becomes 4AG with $17.5M Series A. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and…

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A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI’s GPT Store is coming

Plus: HardTech Summit explores deep tech barriers, IBM debuts $500 million enterprise AI venture fund. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Slack has a new CEO, again

Plus: Google and Microsoft are fighting, again. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe….

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Quantum startup Photonic raises $137 million CAD, strikes strategic partnership with Microsoft

Photonic has an “audacious” five-year plan to build a fault-tolerant quantum computing platform. Quantum startup Photonic has raised a $137-million CAD ($100 million USD)…

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"Godfather of deep learning" Geoffrey Hinton quits Google to warn against dangers of AI
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A|I: The AI Times – Google & Nvidia are betting on this Canadian startup to boost ML model performance

Plus: Hinton and Bengio among leaders signing new AI policy letter. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning,…

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