Canadaâs forthcoming AI strategy aims to stop IP and value from leaving the country, parliamentary secretary says
Prime Minister Carney has confirmed that the long-delayed strategy will be released next week.
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Purpose CEO Som Seif says âself-centredâ finance industry is killing competition
Amidst battle with OSC, Seif claims incumbents wield the regulated nature of the financial industry against change.
Quantum chemistry for drug discovery still hasnât had its âChatGPT moment,â biotech founder says
ProteinQureâs co-founder argues âmessy biology experimentsâ are still the bottleneck.
Wealthsimple to offer early access to IPO trading
Upcoming IPOs for SpaceX and Anthropic are boosting demand.
Award-winning author Ken Liu is not afraid of AI slop
Liu is fine with AI coding, but finds the notion of it writing stories for him ârevolting.â
Cohereâs Nick Frosst thinks Canadian energy can be â100 percentâ renewables
Growing Canadaâs domestic capacity was a focus of Homecomingâs sovereignty-themed panel.
Uberâs president doesnât know what the companyâs 10.5 million drivers will be doing in 15 years
Andrew Macdonald tells Toronto Tech Weekâs Homecoming that the gig appâs labour pool may soon start to shrink.
Why Shopifyâs CEO thinks the one-person company is âbullshitâ
But, as Tobi LĂŒtke said at Toronto Tech Weekâs Homecoming, those companies could still make a billion dollars.
Databricks and Ada execs on whatâs fuelling the Gen Z AI backlash
Reynold Xin and Mike Murchison say there is space for students to reframe their relationship to AI.
Nasdaq spinoff sues Hiive for patent infringement
Nasdaq Private Market says Hiive violated patent for secondary sale settlement and clearance program.
At Upper Bound, AI experts debate what it means to be a person
Richard Sutton says machines arenât persons yet, but will be someday.
WonderFi clears final regulatory hurdle to be acquired by Robinhood
More than a year after inking the deal, itâs finally slated to close on June 1.
Cohere releases its most powerful AI model as open source
As open-source AI becomes concentrated in China, Cohere says it wants to provide a secure alternative.
Intuit lays off 17 percent of its global workforce
TurboTax parent puts resources behind âbig betsâ that come with strategic AI focus.
Xanadu strikes deal to raise up to $300 million USD
Toronto firm announces the deal the same day it claims quantum breakthrough.