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Competition Bureau wants feedback on artificial intelligence

Internet and Governance | 03/21/2024 6:41 pm EDT

The Competition Bureau announced Thursday that it is seeking feedback from Canadians on artificial intelligence (AI). It has published a discussion paper on AI and competition to start the public consultation. The bureau said it wants to learn more about how competition...

Creative orgs call for copyright protections to be added to AI bill

Internet and Governance | 02/13/2024 11:13 am EST

Organizations representing Canada’s creative industries are calling on MPs to add copyright provisions to Bill C-27, in order to protect creators’ content, likeness, and...

“Godfather” of AI says Canada must start regulating now

Internet and Governance | 02/06/2024 3:53 pm EST

AI "godfather" Yoshua Bengio, University of Montreal professor and scientific Director of Mila.The government must regulate artificial intelligence (AI) quickly to...

Don’t fear the advent of artificial intelligence: Prime Time panelists

Media | 02/05/2024 4:40 pm EST

OTTAWA–While artificial intelligence (AI) may seem daunting to people in...

Election overhaul must include AI advertising, politicos say

Internet and Governance | 12/18/2023 2:45 pm EST

Canada must revise its election rules and the use of artificial...

Civil society groups call for AIDA to be considered separately from C-27

Internet and Governance | 12/14/2023 3:00 pm EST

A coalition of 30 individuals and civil society groups have released an open letter to the House of Commons committee on Industry asking that the Artificial Intelligence and...

Canada and EU reiterate digital cooperation framework

Internet and Governance | 11/27/2023 4:07 pm EST

In a Friday statement, leaders from Canada and the European Union announced the creation of a new...

INDU hears Canada must not surpass European or Quebec privacy laws

Internet and Governance | 11/24/2023 5:06 pm EST

While the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and...

Regulation of AI necessary, HUMA committee told

Internet and Governance | 11/23/2023 12:50 pm EST

Canada will need to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) to protect workers while at the same time...

Chamber of Commerce sets up council to look at AI

Internet and Governance | 11/21/2023 3:55 pm EST

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has jumped on the Artificial Intelligence bandwagon. On Nov. 20 it...

UN sets up advisory body to investigate AI globally

Internet and Governance | 11/20/2023 3:17 pm EST

The United Nations (UN) has created an advisory body on artificial intelligence (AI). Even though Canada...

Quebec, E.U., provide templates for AI rules: INDU committee told

Internet and Governance | 11/10/2023 4:19 pm EST

Canada should look to other jurisdictions when it comes to regulating...

AIDA needs to be scrapped, civil society groups tell committee

Internet and Governance | 11/03/2023 5:14 pm EDT

A quartet of civil society groups appeared before the House of Commons...

Bill C-27 fails to protect rights of Canadians, say civil society groups

Internet and Governance | 11/02/2023 6:39 pm EDT

A coalition of civil society groups are calling on the government to make...

Bletchley Declaration signals international efforts to tame AI risks

Internet and Governance | 11/01/2023 5:45 pm EDT

Leading countries in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) – including Canada, the United States, and China – agreed in a joint declaration, that while humanity has...

AI a potential foreign security threat, Ethics committee tells House

Internet and Governance | 10/25/2023 5:35 pm EDT

A Parliamentary committee is calling for checks of artificial intelligence...

Federal government launches consultation on AI and copyright

Internet and Governance | 10/12/2023 4:13 pm EDT

The federal government is seeking public input on generative artificial...

Dufresne recommends changes to Digital Charter Act

Internet and Governance | 09/29/2023 5:45 pm EDT

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada is happy the government is open to altering the Digital Charter...

Champagne to introduce amendments to Digital Charter Act

Internet and Governance | 09/27/2023 3:57 pm EDT

Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne...

Responsible AI regulation needs to come faster, says tech lobby group

Internet and Governance | 09/20/2023 2:53 pm EDT

The Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI) is urging the federal government to pick up the pace on AI regulation and ensure the rules will be clear and flexible. In a report...

OPC launches investigation into ChatGPT

Internet and Governance | 04/04/2023 5:31 pm EDT

Canada's federal privacy watchdog has opened an investigation into OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT...

Clearview goes to B.C. Supreme Court to fight privacy order

Media | 01/25/2022 6:11 pm EST

A controversial artificial intelligence and facial recognition software...

Gov. award Ontario AI company contract to map out rural broadband access

telecom | 01/12/2022 9:15 am EST

The Government has awarded a Toronto-based analytics company that uses...

Feds launch copyright framework consultation for AI and IoT   

telecom | 07/16/2021 6:17 pm EDT

Canada wants to hear from stakeholders on how to modernize the Copyright Act to better include protections for new innovations and investments as new technologies develop. Friday, Heritage Canada...

RCMP violated Privacy Act: OPC; RCMP lied: Angus

Media | 06/10/2021 7:03 pm EDT

Four months after the federal privacy watchdog declared that Clearview AI engaged in illegal mass...

ISED plans workshops to canvass Canadians’ views on AI

telecom | 03/09/2021 4:00 pm EST

Industry, Science and Economic Development Canada announced plans Tuesday to hold a series of workshops, seeking “to better understand the public’s perception of AI”. The workshops -- named...

Clearview AI engaged in illegal mass surveillance: privacy commissioners

Media | 02/03/2021 6:43 pm EST

The facial recognition technology company used by dozens of police departments across the country engaged in illegal mass surveillance before it withdrew itself from the...

OPC joins counterparts in calling for safeguards on facial recognition and AI

telecom | 10/28/2020 6:43 pm EDT

The federal privacy watchdog has joined its counterparts from 12 other countries in calling for "stronger privacy protections and greater accountability" when it comes to the development and use of...

Bell applies for indefinite extension of AI call blocking scheme

telecom | 09/04/2020 4:37 pm EDT

BCE Inc. has applied to the CRTC for an interim extension of its “very...

Algorithmic policing a threat to freedoms: Citizen Lab report

telecom | 09/01/2020 5:35 pm EDT

The use of algorithms and surveillance technologies by police forces in...

Clearview AI pulls its facial recognition tech following OPC investigation

telecom | 07/06/2020 5:27 pm EDT

Just over four months after the Office of the Privacy Commissioner...

Gov’t launches AI centre in Montreal

Media | 06/15/2020 3:14 pm EDT

Innovation, Science, and Economic Development announced on Monday the launch of what it is calling the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI), as well as a research centre to be based in Monteal in cooperation with the Quebec provincial government.  The research centre, called the International Centre of Expertise in Montréal for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, will host the inaugural GPAI Multistakeholder Experts Group Plenary, to be held in Montreal in December 2020, according to an ISED media release. The centre will be funded by a previously-announced $5...

CRTC approves Bell’s AI call-blocking application

telecom | 06/09/2020 1:19 pm EDT

The CRTC has told BCE Inc. it can go ahead and trial using artificial intelligence for call blocking fraudulent calls on its networks. It said the Tuesday decision would “will help ensure that the potential benefits of the...

NDP calls for moratorium on facial recognition tech

telecom | 03/09/2020 6:12 pm EDT

New Democratic Party MP and ethics critic Charlie Angus Monday morning called for a moratorium on the use...

After seeing Bell’s AI call-blocking methodology, ISCC still unhappy

telecom | 03/04/2020 5:26 pm EST

The Canadian chapter of the Internet Society is not satisfied with what it...

OPC investigating RCMP over facial recognition

telecom | 02/28/2020 5:14 pm EST

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner today announced it is launching an investigation into the use of...

Privacy commissioners to investigate Clearview AI

telecom | 02/21/2020 3:14 pm EST

An investigation into Clearview AI has been launched by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, as well as three provincial privacy commissioners, due to growing concerns about the use of controversial facial recognition...

Competition Bureau to use AI in intelligence gathering

telecom | 02/11/2020 3:45 pm EST

The Competition Bureau today announced that it would soon begin using artificial intelligence and algorithms to track anti-competitive behaviour going forward.  In its Strategic Vision for...

Bell to reveal AI call-blocking methods to NDA-signing intervenors

telecom | 01/17/2020 4:59 pm EST

The CRTC has approved BCE Inc.’s request to make available to interveners...

Don’t let Bell use AI to block calls, CRTC hears

telecom | 10/21/2019 5:56 pm EDT

Some groups are calling for the CRTC to put the brakes on a request by BCE Inc. to test out an artificial intelligence system for blocking nuisance calls, saying not enough is known about the way the program would collect data...

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei ban

Media | 09/10/2019 12:03 pm EDT

Even before the federal election campaign officially kicked off, telecom price caps already emerged as a proposal that, if implemented, would reverse a decades-long policy trend in Canada and diverge from international norms. Even some of those who would welcome the idea...

Scheer promises new privacy committees, rules for data collection and AI

telecom | 09/06/2019 4:29 pm EDT

The Conservative Party is promising new rules for electronic data collection and technologies like the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence if it wins in this fall’s federal election....

Alex Benay moves to the private sector

telecom | 08/08/2019 11:53 am EDT

Alex Benay, Canada’s chief information officer, is headed to the private sector after two and a half...

As tech gains steam, rules on facial recognition still developing

Media | 07/18/2019 5:38 pm EDT

As facial recognition becomes increasingly accessible to police and other...

UoW, NRC establish research centre for AI, IoT, cybersecurity

telecom | 06/18/2019 5:27 pm EDT

The National Research Council of Canada and the University of Waterloo announced on Monday they will create a new “collaboration hub,” aimed at conducting research on a host of fields related to...

ISED convenes AI advisory council

telecom | 05/15/2019 4:51 pm EDT

Innovation Canada announced the creation Tuesday of a new advisory panel for artificial intelligence made up of members from across academia, the private sector, and government. The panel, announced as Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains attended a G7 meeting of Digital Ministers in Paris, will be chaired by Foteini Agrafioti from RBC and Yoshua Bengio, scientific director of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms. The council, according to the press release, will advise the “build on Canada’s AI strengths, identify opportunities to create economic growth that benefits all Canadians and ensure that AI advancements reflect Canadian values.” The government, the release continued, “is committed to promoting a human-centric approach” to artificial intelligence. The council’s first meeting will take place in the next...

Telus health app to offer video doctor appointments, AI advice

telecom | 03/05/2019 3:01 pm EST

A new app launched by Telus Corp.’s health division will enable users to...

‘Long slog’ to get ad registry ready for election, Facebook says

Media | 02/25/2019 5:59 pm EST

OTTAWA — Facebook Inc.’s head of public policy in Canada said the...

ITAC pitching new ‘matchmaking’ innovation hub to gov’t

telecom | 01/09/2019 6:15 pm EST

Andre Leduc recalls introducing Microsoft Inc. Canada president Kevin...

ISED announces signing of first supercluster funding agreement

telecom | 11/13/2018 12:28 pm EST

Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains announced the federal government has signed a funding agreement with the group constituting its “advanced manufacturing” supercluster Tuesday, showing that Ottawa...

Artificial intelligence tests yielding promising results: Corus CEO

Media | 11/02/2018 12:09 pm EDT

OTTAWA — Corus Entertainment Inc. CEO Doug Murphy told an industry...

Facebook to fact-check photos, videos

Media | 09/17/2018 11:11 am EDT

Facebook Inc. is adding verification of photos and videos to its fact-checking of content on its social...

Don’t rush new laws for AI, data conference hears

telecom | 06/12/2018 7:36 pm EDT

TORONTO — There are ways to regulate artificial intelligence and the...

Ontario doubles down on rural internet, AI, sets up fund for next gen tech

telecom | 03/29/2018 3:52 pm EDT

The Ontario government is pledging $50 million for a fund that will accelerate the development of next generation technology including artificial intelligence, 5G and autonomous vehicles. Unveiled...

House ethics committee backs right to be forgotten in Canada

Media | 03/01/2018 5:23 pm EST

The government should consider including frameworks for a right to erasure and a right to de-indexing in the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), the House of Commons ethics committee is recommending in a new report. “The Committee...

Bell, Telus projects get go-ahead in superclusters announcement

telecom | 02/16/2018 2:24 pm EST

OTTAWA — Two “superclusters” involving BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. are...

Can telecoms cut through the blockchain hype?

telecom | 01/19/2018 3:38 pm EST

The federal government said Friday it is “experimenting” with blockchain technology to create a...

Canadian ‘tale of two internets,’ as 25% get online wirelessly: Deloitte

Media | 12/12/2017 6:39 pm EST

The number of Canadians who get their internet access wirelessly — either...

Future of health care is online, despite connectivity issues: senators

telecom | 10/31/2017 5:41 pm EDT

OTTAWA — Technologies that allow doctors to diagnose and treat patients...

Telcos eye agri-food, digital tech, AI in supercluster initiative

telecom | 10/19/2017 1:28 pm EDT

Canada’s two largest telcos are part of three groups vying to be chosen for the final phase of the federal government’s Innovation Superclusters Initiative, with BCE Inc....

Facebook launches AI centre in Montreal

Media | 09/15/2017 2:13 pm EDT

Facebook Inc. is opening an artificial intelligence (AI) centre in Montreal, the company...

RBC launching AI-based banking through app

Media | 08/28/2017 4:54 pm EDT

RBC said Monday it plans to add artificial intelligence (AI) technology to its mobile banking app....

Copyright rules could hinder AI development: Geist

Media | 08/17/2017 3:13 pm EDT

Canada’s “restrictive” rules around copyright could make it more difficult for those working on artificial intelligence technologies to test and bring them to market, University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist said in...

AI could help grow Canadian content: CMF

Media | 07/12/2017 4:30 pm EDT

The acceleration of artificial intelligence (AI) could contribute to the discovery and growth of Canadian content, according to a mid-year trend report by the Canada Media Fund (CMF). “The progress of AI could support this...

Use of AI will bring benefits to telecoms, but also risks

Media | 05/01/2017 5:22 pm EDT

Artificial intelligence is a tool telecoms will increasingly use to manage networks and enhance various products, but its susceptibility to hacking will also pose big security-related concerns,...

AI, 5G, rural broadband funding in Ont., N.S. budgets

Media | 04/27/2017 9:27 pm EDT

The Ontario government said it will support the latest technologies in the coming years, with funding for artificial intelligence and 5G networks included in its 2017 budget. Finance Minister Charles Sousa tabled Ontario’s...

Cyber security costs to outpace spending by 2022: Juniper

telecom | 04/25/2017 5:04 pm EDT

Global cyber security spending is expected to reach almost $135 billion by 2022, but that will be dwarfed by losses due to security and data breaches, according to a new report by Juniper Research....

Google launches AI research institute in Toronto

Media | 03/30/2017 4:30 pm EDT

Alphabet Inc.’s Google has launched a research facility in Toronto dedicated to the development of artificial intelligence (AI). The Vector Institute will focus on “expanding the applications of AI by performing...

Privacy commish funding work on rules for connected cars

Media | 03/28/2017 8:29 pm EDT

OTTAWA — The federal privacy commissioner will be working with stakeholders to develop a “code of practice” to help address privacy concerns around connected and autonomous vehicles, a Senate committee heard Tuesday. There are a wide range of questions that still have to be answered when it comes to connected cars, Daniel Therrien told the standing committee on transport and communications as part of their study on the regulatory and technical challenges related to the deployment of connected and autonomous vehicles. Those questions include who is responsible...