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...
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...
Representatives from major tech companies warned...
The government must regulate artificial intelligence (AI) quickly to...
OTTAWA–While artificial intelligence (AI) may seem daunting to people in...
Canada must revise its election rules and the use of artificial...
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...
In a Friday statement, leaders from Canada and the European Union announced the creation of a new...
While the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and...
Canada will need to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) to protect workers while at the same time...
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has jumped on the Artificial Intelligence bandwagon. On Nov. 20 it...
The United Nations (UN) has created an advisory body on artificial intelligence (AI). Even though Canada...
Canada should look to other jurisdictions when it comes to regulating...
A quartet of civil society groups appeared before the House of Commons...
A coalition of civil society groups are calling on the government to make...
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...
A Parliamentary committee is calling for checks of artificial intelligence...
The federal government is seeking public input on generative artificial...
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada is happy the government is open to altering the Digital Charter...
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne...
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...
Canada's federal privacy watchdog has opened an investigation into OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT...
Facial recognition technology (FRT) needs human...
A controversial artificial intelligence and facial recognition software...
The Government has awarded a Toronto-based analytics company that uses...
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...
Four months after the federal privacy watchdog declared that Clearview AI engaged in illegal mass...
A report by the Department of Innovation, Science,...
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...
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...
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...
BCE Inc. has applied to the CRTC for an interim extension of its “very...
The use of algorithms and surveillance technologies by police forces in...
Just over four months after the Office of the Privacy Commissioner...
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...
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...
New Democratic Party MP and ethics critic Charlie Angus Monday morning called for a moratorium on the use...
The Canadian chapter of the Internet Society is not satisfied with what it...
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner today announced it is launching an investigation into the use of...
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...
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...
The CRTC has approved BCE Inc.’s request to make available to interveners...
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...
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...
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, Canada’s chief information officer, is headed to the private sector after two and a half...
As facial recognition becomes increasingly accessible to police and other...
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...
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...
A new app launched by Telus Corp.’s health division will enable users to...
OTTAWA — Facebook Inc.’s head of public policy in Canada said the...
Andre Leduc recalls introducing Microsoft Inc. Canada president Kevin...
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...
OTTAWA — Corus Entertainment Inc. CEO Doug Murphy told an industry...
Facebook Inc. is adding verification of photos and videos to its fact-checking of content on its social...
TORONTO — There are ways to regulate artificial intelligence and the...
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...
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...
OTTAWA — Two “superclusters” involving BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. are...
The federal government said Friday it is “experimenting” with blockchain technology to create a...
The number of Canadians who get their internet access wirelessly — either...
OTTAWA — Technologies that allow doctors to diagnose and treat patients...
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 Inc. is opening an artificial intelligence (AI) centre in Montreal, the company...
RBC said Monday it plans to add artificial intelligence (AI) technology to its mobile banking app....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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....
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...
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...