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Canada set to be a world leader in building the next generation of nuclear reactors, industry experts say

By Mark Lowey
Canada is poised to lead the world in building the next generation of nuclear reactors providing permitting and regulatory approvals are more efficient and the country has a bold vision, industry experts say.

Building new nuclear reactors in Canada is not the solution to the climate crisis

By Mark Lowey
Building new nuclear power reactors is folly and won’t help mitigate the climate crisis, say scientists at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Stanford University.

Canadian AI Safety Institute aims to build community of researchers and ensure AI safety is a must for the technology’s adoption

By Mark Lowey
The new Canadian Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute’s (CAISI) $27-million research program will focus on building a community of researchers specializing in AI safety and ensuring safety goes hand-in-hand with AI adoption and deployment, say the program’s co-directors.

AI systems are getting better as autonomous AI agents pursuing a goal without humans: International AI Safety Report

By Mark Lowey
AI systems are increasingly capable of acting as AI agents, autonomously planning and acting in pursuit of a goal with little or no human oversight, warns the first international report on the safety of artificial intelligence.

Canadian tech startup founder’s “overnight success” took 15 years of hard slogging

By Mark Lowey
“Overnight success” for Canadian entrepreneur and tech startup founder Shamira Jaffer took 15 years of hard slogging and a Mount Everest’s worth of perseverance.

Social media companies are “unconscionable” for scrapping fact-checking on their website platforms

By Elona Malterre
Social media companies are “unconscionable” for deciding to exclude fact-checking on their influential website platforms, Yogi Schulz, an IT and project management expert and author, said in an Untapped Energy talk at Platform Calgary.

Post-secondary schools are using digital technologies to “tweak” educational practices rather than revolutionize them

By Mark Lowey
People who work at Canadian post-secondary institutions expect generative AI will become a normal part of post-secondary education within a few years, although digital technologies aren't yet revolutionizing higher education, according to a report by the Canadian Digital Learning Research Association.

Three Ontario cities found different paths to be able to compete in high-tech markets: University of Toronto study

By Mark Lowey
Three Ontario cities employed different strategies to use civic capital to leverage new, technological windows of opportunity and compete in high-tech markets, according to a study by University of Toronto researchers.

AI holds the key to reversing Canada’s productivity crisis but an AI-focused industrial strategy is required

By Mark Lowey
Artificial intelligence is the only technology that can reverse Canada’s decline in productivity but it will require an AI-focused industrial strategy spearheaded by government, says a new Public Policy Forum report by Peter Nicholson.

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