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The newest course assistant at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., has zero experience, no academic credentials and has never set foot in a classroom. Nevertheless, Kia, an expressive, 3-D digital persona, will be in attendance as a sidekick to professor Steve DiPaola in his first-year course on the history and ethical …
Read More »Canada now has a minister of artificial intelligence. What will he do?
Canada has its first-ever minister of artificial intelligence in veteran broadcaster and newly elected Toronto Centre MP Evan Solomon. So what does that job exactly entail? When asked what Solomon’s mandate and responsibilities will be, a spokesperson from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) pointed to the Liberal platform as “the …
Read More »Why major countries can’t agree on how to regulate artificial intelligence
More than 60 nations gathered in Paris this week for an AI summit that was meant to bring world powers together to set a global agenda on the rapidly developing technology. Instead, it showed that some are diverging sharply. Over the last several years, the European Union has pursued aggressive …
Read More »‘AI is a crap poet’: Margaret Atwood isn’t worried about artificial intelligence
13 hours ago News Duration 2:00 Celebrated Canadian author Margaret Atwood says she’s too old to be concerned about artificial intelligence and how it could affect her career, but admits that’s not the case for younger artists. As she works on her memoir, Atwood says she wants to tell stories …
Read More »Artificial Intelligence: Canada’s future of everything – National
Blink and you’ll get left behind. The AI revolution is here and it’s changing the world faster than anybody could have predicted. Whether that’s for better or worse depends on whom you ask. What’s undeniable is this — the only limitation on how AI will transform the world is us. …
Read More »Ontario securities regulator exploring artificial intelligence use in capital markets
TORONTO — Ontario’s securities regulator says it is evaluating the potential role it can play in overseeing and guiding responsible adoption of artificial intelligence to protect investors and the integrity of capital markets. In a report released Tuesday, the Ontario Securities Commission said use of AI in capital markets is …
Read More »Artificial intelligence making its mark in classrooms – Winnipeg
From predictive text to editing software to image generators, artificial intelligence is becoming a part of everyday life. This fall, its capabilities won’t be able to be ignored in the classroom. “We’ve always had tools in education that have been deemed dangerous or risky, but we’ve always had teachers there …
Read More »‘The fight has changed’: Predicting wildfires with artificial intelligence – National
As wildfires ignite across Canada with record speed, a growing number of scientists insist artificial intelligence (AI) should be part of the firefight. “We need to be changing the way we do business,” said Natural Resources Canada forest researcher Joshua Johnston. “The fight has changed. We’ve got to change with …
Read More »Artificial intelligence to be hot topic at Collision tech conference in Toronto
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 27, 2023 6:32 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — As the Collision tech conference gets underway in Toronto, its chief executive expects much of the chatter at the event to focus on artificial intelligence. Paddy Cosgrave says most …
Read More »Inside the mind of ChatGPT: How artificial intelligence is changing the way we learn
“It can be difficult for a professor to tell the difference between a paper written by a student and one generated by ChatGPT, especially if the student has made minimal changes to the text generated by the model.” — ChatGPT answering the question, “Would a professor be able to tell …
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