Five Canadian companies share experiences and use cases for generative AI at AWS re:Invent 2023
What are Canadian companies actually doing in terms of projects with cloud and generative AI? How are they navigating the uncertainty of a relatively new technology? Those were the questions that were addressed by a customer panel during a briefing…
Canadian group gets $2.2 million to research AI threat detection for wireless networks
A group consisting of Canadian university researchers and Ericsson Canada is the latest to have won government funding under the National Cybersecurity Coalition for advanced investigations into meeting cyber threats. Researchers from Concordia University, the University of Manitoba, the University…
Proposed Canadian AI law ‘fundamentally flawed,’ Parliament told
The Trudeau government’s proposed law regulating high-impact artificial intelligence systems is “fundamentally flawed” and gives so much power to a cabinet minister that it’s “an affront to Parliament,” a Canadian privacy lawyer testified Tuesday. The proposed Artificial Intelligence and Data…
RoboGarden and University of Northern British Columbia Continuing Studies to launch new machine learning & AI bootcamp
RoboGarden and University of Northern British Columbia Continuing Studies (UNBC CS) have announced a new collaboration, with RoboGarden offering its Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Bootcamp experience to the UNBC CS students. This learning program was developed with career…
Broadcom update: Layoff notices issued for some VMware employees
There is a distinct good news-bad news scenario quickly developing now that Broadcom’s US$69 billion acquisition of VMware has been formally approved. News of the monumental deal finally going through came last week with the approval by China, which resulted…
Coffee Briefing Nov. 28 – Canadian 5G users will pay more for quality experience; Holiday shoppers on board with GenAI; KPGM and Chainalysis partner; and more
Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. Today’s Coffee Briefing is delivered by IT World Canada’s editorial team! Missed last week’s Coffee Briefing? We’ve got you covered. Canadian 5G users want the best quality…
Canada, U.S. sign international guidelines for safe AI development
Eighteen countries, including Canada, the U.S. and the U.K., today agreed on recommended guidelines to developers in their nations for the secure design, development, deployment, and operation of artificial intelligent systems. It’s the latest in a series of voluntary guardrails…
AWS re:Invent grabs the spotlight, with cloud, cybersecurity and AI in a business focus
As its re:Invent conference opens in Las Vegas this week, AWS will make the case that it, too, has a leading role in the transformation that lies at the nexus of artificial intelligence, cloud computing and cybersecurity. The Las Vegas…
Mitacs celebrates researcher spearheading the development of next-gen AI networks
Nonprofit research organization Mitacs conferred the Mitacs Award for Exceptional Leadership on Georges Kaddoum, a top researcher at Montreal-based École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS). Georges Kaddoum/Source: Mitacs The research director of the Resilient Machine Learning Institute (ReMI) at ETS, Kaddoum…
Microsoft to invest $500 million in Quebec’s AI infrastructure and workforce
Today, Microsoft announced it is investing US$500 million in expanding its hyperscale cloud computing and AI infrastructure in Quebec over the next two years. The investment will include the construction of multiple datacentre locations, slated to start in the coming…