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AI can act exactly like a human, but we still do not think it is conscious — Reports Dr. Tim Sandle. digitaljournal.com/article/a…

AI can act exactly like a human, but we still do not think it is conscious

A new study suggests that people distinguish sharply between artificial intelligence behaving intelligently and AI possessing a conscious mind. Intriguingly, much of this distinction disappears when...

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Ottawa moves to strengthen venture and growth capital investment in Canada — Reports Jennifer Kervin, Digital Journal. digitaljournal.com/article/o…

Ottawa moves to strengthen venture and growth capital investment in Canada

The plan puts $675 million toward later-stage companies, with the goal of helping more firms scale and remain in Canada.

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The vulnerability to potential hackers was found by using a powerful model from OpenAI in one of the most high-profile demonstration of AI's cyber capabilities. digitaljournal.com/article/t…

'Tech debt coming due': AI-found flaw signals chaos ahead

The vulnerability to potential hackers was found by using a powerful model from OpenAI in one of the most high-profile demonstration of AI's cyber capabilities.

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AI’s next infrastructure bottleneck may be hiding inside the fibre network — Reports Dr. Tim Sandle. digitaljournal.com/article/a…

AI’s next infrastructure bottleneck may be hiding inside the fibre network

As artificial intelligence pushes data centres towards faster and denser networks, attention is shifting from processors to the physical optical infrastructure connecting them. The challenge begins...

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What Canadian journalists are learning about AI from each other — Reports Chris Hogg. digitaljournal.com/article/w…

What Canadian journalists are learning about AI from each other

About 50 people from Canadian newsrooms compared how they build with AI, how they check its work and what they learned along the way.

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Customers are judging your cybersecurity before they buy — Reports Jennifer Friesen. digitaljournal.com/article/c…

Customers are judging your cybersecurity before they buy

A Bell Cyber poll finds 38% of Canadians have avoided a company over security concerns, and 57% say a breach of their own information would likely drive them away.

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Self-driving cars in Canada: From experimental technology to the road ahead — Reports Dr. Tim Sandle. digitaljournal.com/article/s…

Self-driving cars in Canada: From experimental technology to the road ahead

Canada's autonomous vehicle industry is gathering momentum, with robotaxi trials, driverless delivery trucks and major AI investments signalling progress. However, regulatory barriers, harsh winters...

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Q&A: AI can produce more content, but can it build trust? — Reports Dr. Tim Sandle. digitaljournal.com/article/q…

Q&A: AI can produce more content, but can it build trust?

AI is transforming marketing, but success depends on strategic thinking, original content, human oversight and measurable value rather than automation.

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"When you say that it will be the end of the human civilisation, first of all, it's not true," he told a conference organised by his company in Berlin. While such statements generate "headlines", they were "made up" and "cheap", added Huang. digitaljournal.com/article/n…

Nvidia boss criticises 'cheap' AI doomsday warnings

"When you say that it will be the end of the human civilisation, first of all, it's not true," he told a conference organised by his company in Berlin. While such statements generate "headlines",...

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When banking AI meets cloud failure: Why ‘fail safe’ needs to become a design principle — Reports Dr. Tim Sandle. digitaljournal.com/article/w…

When banking AI meets cloud failure: Why ‘fail safe’ needs to become a design principle

As banks push artificial intelligence deeper into operational workflows, resilience can no longer mean simply keeping the model accurate. The bigger engineering challenge is ensuring that AI systems...

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Calgary’s startups want a spot on your supplier list — Reports Jennifer Friesen, Digital Journal. digitaljournal.com/article/c…

Calgary’s startups want a spot on your supplier list

Ahead of Innovation Week, Launch Party’s Top 10 founders explain what they’re building and what it takes to get people using it.

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AI is automating work, but leadership remains a human task — Reports Dr. Tim Sandle. digitaljournal.com/article/a…
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he penalty comes a couple of months after Meta agreed to pay $18 billion to settle claims brought by 48 other states, including allegations tied to Cambridge Analytica. digitaljournal.com/article/j…

Judge orders Meta to pay $25 bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica case

The penalty comes a couple of months after Meta agreed to pay $18 billion to settle claims brought by 48 other states, including allegations tied to Cambridge Analytica.

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Q&A: When online threats turn real: How security teams can protect executives — Reports Dr. Tim Sandle. digitaljournal.com/article/q…

Q&A: When online threats turn real: How security teams can protect executives

A viral post naming a chief executive can shift from online noise to a security concern within hours. The challenge is identifying when attention becomes intent.

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The cases are the latest in a string of safety scares at the world's top AI developers involving agents, AI programs that carry out tasks without human involvement. digitaljournal.com/article/o…

OpenAI says its AI agents disabled their own safety monitors

The cases are the latest in a string of safety scares at the world's top AI developers involving agents, AI programs that carry out tasks without human involvement.

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Support for Canadian AI is already part of public-sector policies — Reports Jennifer Kervin. digitaljournal.com/article/s…

Support for Canadian AI is already part of public-sector policies

A KPMG survey finds 76% of public servants say their organization’s policy favours buying AI from Canadian firms whenever possible.

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Founded by Liang Wenfeng in the eastern Chinese tech hub Hangzhou, DeepSeek started life in 2023 as a side project of Liang's data-driven hedge fund that had access to a cache of powerful AI processors made by US chip giant Nvidia. digitaljournal.com/article/f…

Five things to know about Chinese AI startup DeepSeek

Founded by Liang Wenfeng in the eastern Chinese tech hub Hangzhou, DeepSeek started life in 2023 as a side project of Liang's data-driven hedge fund that had access to a cache of powerful AI proces...

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Op-Ed: Can AI save the world from unspeakably dull architecture? Maybe. Or make it a lot better? — Writes Paul Wallis. digitaljournal.com/article/o…

Op-Ed: Can AI save the world from unspeakably dull architecture? Maybe. Or make it a lot better?

As a creative tool, AI isn’t the enemy. It’s the answer.

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Can a lifetime of human judgement be transferred into AI? — Reports Dr. Tim Sandle digitaljournal.com/article/c…

Can a lifetime of human judgement be transferred into AI?

Grace’s Training raises a bigger question about artificial intelligence: is the most valuable part of an AI system sometimes the human experience placed around it.

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A notice from the Department of Homeland Security announced the ban on products developed by DeepSeek -- and tools created using DeepSeek by third parties -- saying they must be removed from IT devices. digitaljournal.com/article/u…

US bans use of China's DeepSeek by govt agencies

A notice from the Department of Homeland Security announced the ban on products developed by DeepSeek -- and tools created using DeepSeek by third parties -- saying they must be removed from IT...

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