Academics, CEOs push for AI regulation, as Canadian companies race to adopt the technology
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A|I: The AI Times – Jim Balsillie says “AIDA needs to be scrapped completely” as Biden lays out new executive order

Plus: Thomson Reuters commits $100M a year to GenAI, Google $2B to Anthropic. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI,…

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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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"Godfather of deep learning" Geoffrey Hinton quits Google to warn against dangers of AI
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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…

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Scale AI February 2023
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ALL IN to showcase Canada’s AI at major conference

More than 60 case studies of Canadian AI projects and 100 AI startups will be featured. Scale AI, Canada’s federally funded AI Global Innovation…

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A|I: The AI Times – Tiger Global’s share sale puts Cohere at a $3 billion valuation

Plus: A new Canadian generative image startup gets $22.3 million. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big…

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A|I: The AI Times – Cohere releases Coral, Shopify unveils AI suite
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A|I: The AI Times – Cohere releases Coral, Shopify unveils AI suite

Plus: Yoshua Bengio issues stark warning to U.S. Senate. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data,…

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A|I: The AI Times – Can Québec’s Quantum Innovation Zone fill Canada’s D-Wave-sized hole?

Plus: AWS investing $100 million in generative AI center. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data,…

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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…

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Vietnam’s FPT and Quebec’s Mila renew three-year strategic partnership, vow to practice responsible AI

Organizations plan to collaborate on large language models and natural language processing. Vietnam-based FPT and Quebec-based Mila announced the renewal of a three-year strategic…

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CleanBC Industry Fund opens applications for round three of funding
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Inside Canada’s new early-stage VC firm

Plus: Shopify facing $130M lawsuit for alleged attempts at slashing severance pay. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find…

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