Heated Rivalry, the Canadian TV show about two professional hockey players who fall in love, reflects Canadian values in a world where LGBTQ rights are under threat, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday
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The creators behind the hit Canadian TV show "Heated Rivalry" defended the Online Streaming Act — which the U.S. has identified as a trade irritant — at a Canadian media production industry conference in Ottawa on Thursday
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If you jumped on the recent social media trend of posting photos or videos of memories from 2016, AI says thanks.
That's because the high volume of publicly available, labelled images is a gold mine for anyone needing data to train AI models.
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The government agreed to set aside its order for the wind-down of TikTok’s Canadian operations. ISED confirmed Federal Court set it aside "on the consent of the Government of Canada and TikTok." The move comes a week after PM Carney visited China
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“Without a strategic and sustained response, Canada’s ability to retain these leading minds, and by extension, their innovations and the corresponding economic benefits they support, will be compromised," CIFAR, Amii, Mila and Vector said.
They cautioned that funding for a key program would end in March 2026, and told Ottawa it needs to replenish it to keep top AI talent in the country. The Liberal government regularly boasts about Canada’s leadership in AI research - a common talking point for the AI minister.
Canada must act to retain its international leadership in AI research in the face of a worldwide race for talent that’s reached a “fever pitch,” the country’s national AI institutes warned the government in July
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The federal government is set to launch its new national artificial intelligence strategy soon — but critics say it hasn’t done enough to listen to Canadians, and pollsters are warning that a skeptical public wants the government to put rules in place
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Canada's AI minister has pointed to a government bill to criminalize sexual deepfakes as a way to address the images that have proliferated on X in recent weeks. But experts say the definition in the bill wouldn't actually cover most of those deepfakes
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Advocacy groups for women and children say a wave of sexual deepfakes on X proves the government needs to create an online regulator, similar to what the Liberals put forward in a 2024 bill
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AI Minister Evan Solomon says Canada isn’t considering banning X, though his office says discussions about X’s deepfake controversy are underway "with allied governments and across Canadian government departments."
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In February, I was in the room at the Grand Palais when JD Vance took the stage to rail against AI regulation. The speech marked a global shift in attitudes, including in Canada. Here's my piece on the approach we've seen under Mark Carney, so far.
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In February, I was in the room at the Grand Palais when JD Vance took the stage to rail against AI regulation. The speech marked a global shift in attitudes, including in Canada. Here's my piece on the approach we've seen under Mark Carney, so far.
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The two-day event is part of a series of ministerial meetings organized as Canada held the presidency of the G7. At the leaders’ summit in June in Kananaskis, Alta. the countries pledged to increase AI adoption, including in the public sector, and promote investment in quantum
Will be heading to Montreal for this today - Montreal hosts G7 ministers to talk about artificial intelligence, quantum
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Following the cabinet shuffle Monday, when asked whether he would be taking the lead on online harms, Miller said he would "be working with the entire cabinet to deal with that."
Then, the heritage ministry was focused on taking on U.S. tech giants with bills to compel them to pay into Canadian content and news. But Carney has moved away from tech regulation, leaving open questions about the division of power on issues like copyright and online harms
Montreal MP Marc Miller is the new minister of Canadian identity and culture, taking over a portfolio that has a less clear mandate than it did under the Trudeau government
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CPAC, the long-standing video service providing Canadians with direct coverage of political events, says a recent CRTC decision puts its operation at risk. CEO Christa Dickenson says CPAC’s service could at some point "go dark"
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An Ontario court has decided the copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI will proceed in that province
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Meta has been lobbying the federal government for new rules to implement age verification at the app store level — which would put the burden on companies like Apple and Google, not individual platforms like Meta’s Facebook and Instagram
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The group wants the government to bring back the online harms bill that was introduced by the Trudeau government but never became law. The Liberals have signalled they will not bring the bill back in the same form, but instead tackle aspects of online harms in other bills.
A coalition of child advocates and medical organizations says the dangers children face online constitute a national emergency. They say children are being exploited, extorted, bullied — and in some cases, kids have died.
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The CRTC issued a decision today that updates its definition of Canadian content. It expands the list of key creative positions that count towards a Cancon qualification - and specifies those roles have to be filled by humans, not AI
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The report also gives examples of influencers, which include both well-known commentators in traditional Canadian media and individuals who post under the handles BertaProudDad and Quick Dick McDick.
The report incorporates results from a survey of Canadians and tracked millions of online posts. Overall, 42 per cent of Canadians surveyed reported engaging with those they consider influencers on political topics.
The report from the McGill University and University of Toronto-led Media Ecosystem Observatory says a significant portion of the political content Canadians see on the major platforms “comes directly from influencers.”
More than two-thirds of younger Canadians engage with political content from influencers — and influencers have significantly more reach on five major social media platforms than news media outlets or politicians, a new study indicates
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Canada competing in Eurovision? The Liberal government’s plans for CBC/Radio-Canada outlined in the budget today say it's working with the public broadcaster to explore participation
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