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Competition summit hears regulation, keeping talent at home are key to Canada’s standing on artificial intelligence
Internet and Governance | 09/16/2024 5:43 pm EDT
Regulation and creating space for innovation in Canada were repeated themes at the Competition Bureau’s summit on market dynamics and artificial intelligence Monday.
The...
Online harms and more in focus as Parliament returns
Internet and Governance | 09/16/2024 7:00 am EDT
With Parliament returning today, there are a handful of bills affecting the online world still before politicians.
MPs have roughly one year to act on the bills before the next election must be called. But, since this is a minority government, an election may come sooner...
Government working with AI researcher Mila on governing use of cultural content
Internet and Governance | 09/13/2024 1:14 pm EDT
Mila, an artificial intelligence research institute in Quebec, will be...
Telus joins U.S.-led AI safety consortium
telecom | 08/22/2024 5:00 pm EDT
Telus Corp. announced Thursday it is taking part in an effort, led by the United States, to look into...
Bell increasing use of AI for customer service and business clients
Internet and Governance | 07/19/2024 5:21 pm EDT
BCE Inc. has signed a multi-year deal with AI platform ServiceNow. ...
ISED launches consultation on AI computing power
Internet and Governance | 06/27/2024 1:29 pm EDT
The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) has launched a consultation on...
Doing good means doing well financially, Entwistle tells Canadian Club
telecom | 06/12/2024 7:10 pm EDT
The longest-serving CEO of a Canadian telecom told the Canadian Club in Toronto that having a social conscience is good for a corporation’s bottom line. Darren Entwistle of...
International cooperation needed to tackle uncertain future of AI, says expert report
Internet and Governance | 05/17/2024 9:06 pm EDT
The future of general-purpose AI is highly...
Irekvist promotes Ericsson’s efforts to reach net-zero emissions
telecom | 04/23/2024 5:56 pm EDT
To celebrate Earth Day on Monday, Ericsson AB signed on with the federal...
Trudeau announces AI measures will be in budget
Internet and Governance | 04/08/2024 7:43 pm EDT
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Sunday that next week’s federal budget will include $2.4...
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...
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...
Proposed AI law risks “chilling” innovation, out of step with global standards, Big Tech tells MPs
telecom | 02/09/2024 6:37 pm EST
Representatives from major tech companies warned...
‘Godfather’ of AI says Canada must start regulating now
Internet and Governance | 02/06/2024 3:53 pm EST
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 intelligence must not be overlooked when making changes, several MPs told The Wire Report.
The issue of AI-generated advertising has come to the fore in the United States. Florida governor Ron DeSantis has...
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...
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 announced it had formed a 30-member council on the future of AI. This comes on the heels of a decision by the United Nations to create an advisory body on the technology....
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) –...
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 is preparing a series of amendments to Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act. He outlined his proposals while testifying at the House of Commons Industry Committee on Tuesday afternoon....
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...
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...
Facial recognition technology needs human intervention, hand coding, experts tell Ethics committee
Media | 04/04/2022 6:00 pm EDT
Facial recognition technology (FRT) needs human...
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 artificial intelligence to collect data a contract to map out rural broadband access across the country....
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...
Canadians concerned about job loss, privacy with AI, but hopeful it will make life easier: Report
telecom | 06/07/2021 6:13 pm EDT
A report by the Department of Innovation, Science,...
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...
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 announced it was investigating facial recognition technology offered by Clearview AI, the company has told...
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...
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 facial recognition software by the RCMP.
In a statement released Friday morning, the office said it would investigate in light of the RCMP’s admitting to using the...
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...
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 artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and the Internet of Things. The Waterloo research centre “will lead to discoveries and advances including publications, patents, and the commercialization of technology, and will provide training opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows,” they said in a press release. Work on the project began in earnest “a little over a year...
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...
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 is ready to start handing out funding for its supercluster initiative. The agreement paves the way for Ottawa to direct almost $230 million in federal spending into the project, an amount that will be matched by the private sector, the government said in a press release. Bains made the announcement at the headquarters of robotics company Promation in Oakville, Ontario, signalling the...
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...
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 remotely are among the innovations set to change our health care system, senators said at an event...
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...
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 growing consumption [of online video] by increasing content discoverability through higher performing recommendation, search and indexing engines,” the Tuesday report said. It noted that “filter bubbles” — the collection of data, including clicks, interactions and geographical position to tailor content to the user — are “extremely effective in...
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,...