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NGen commits $19 million to 12 new AI manufacturing projects
Author: George Holt Published Date: November 7, 2023
Industry contributions bring the total value of the projects to $55 million. Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen) has announced $19 million in innovation cluster…
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Hinton, Bengio, among 24 expert signatories with policy-focused AI recommendations in new letter
Author: George Holt Published Date: October 25, 2023
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…
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University of Alberta targets $50 million with new innovation fund, announces first investment in AI system control startup
Author: George Holt Published Date: October 18, 2023
The university plans to reinvest returns from the donor-fuelled fund into “future innovations.” The University of Alberta has launched a new donor-backed innovation fund…
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Ocean Supercluster announces $20 Million Investment in nine new AI-powered ocean projects
Author: George Holt Published Date: October 3, 2023
The funding brings the national innovation focus of AI to aquaculture and coastal cleantech. With the backing of the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy Program, Canada’s…