ICYMI: François-Philippe Champagne said the innovation agency will fill a gap in government programs to support the commercialization of research in Canada, helping to transform it “into a service and a product.”
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ICYMI: Fintechs voice concern over push to make bank-backed tech company Symcor the open-banking data “utility”.
ICYMI: AI pioneer eyes new Alberta-based venture after parting ways with Google’s DeepMind.
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ICYMI: Major gaps in Canada’s rules for high-security labs, federal experts warned
ICYMI: Canadian Bitcoin mining is under threat from proposed rules, industry says.
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ICYMI: DeepMind Alberta won’t be part of Google’s AI future—here’s why:
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ICYMI: A U.S. pension fund is suing Visa for documents linked to payment services provided to porn-site operator MindGeek.
Champagne says new innovation agency will fill commercialization gap—and is coming soon.
The Logic hosted a panel discussion on data privacy, and how industries can maximize the benefits of data while maintaining public trust, with host . Sponsored by . Watch the recording here: thelogic.co/news/event/unl
New from me: Toronto-based is helping businesses build machine-made text and dialogue into their products. My conversation with about the economics of commercializing conversational AI, as large language models hit the limelight.
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Montreal-based Lightspeed remains committed to at least breaking even in fiscal 2024 with an aim to pursue larger, more profitable customers.
Fintech startups and Canada’s big financial institutions are at odds over a push to make Symcor the data “utility” for the country’s open banking system.
Major financial institutions are pushing for bank-owned Symcor to play a central role in Canada's upcoming open banking system, sources tell . That's worrying fintech firms hoping to flourish under a new federal data-sharing regime.
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“The most exciting project in AI is modelling the internet,” says Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez. The Toronto startup is helping businesses use the newly-popular generative AI to add machine-made text and dialogue to products and services.
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Lightspeed’s third-quarter earnings are out. Here’s what you need to know.
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MSC has filed an injunction against Harrison Healthcare, alleging "extra billing." It filed a similar action against Telus Health's LifePlus program in December.
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The Logic hosted a panel discussion on data privacy, and how industries can maximize the benefits of data while maintaining public trust, with host . Sponsored by . Watch the recording here: thelogic.co/news/event/unl
‘DeepMind’s decision to close the lab is really worse for them than it is for us.’
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Why Tesla and Ford are willing to take a hit to their EV markups in an unstable market.
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The Liberal government is striving to rebuild Canada’s life-sciences sector as an economic force and a shield against future pandemics.
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“This is extremely problematic since Symcor is owned by financial institutions who compete directly against third-party-providers,” said one fintech-industry source.
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The Logic hosted a panel discussion on data privacy, and how industries can maximize the benefits of data while maintaining public trust, with host . Sponsored by . Watch the recording here: thelogic.co/news/event/unl
Bitcoin miners may leave the country if changes pass to tax and energy policies.
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The feds are sinking billions into building a domestic pharma and life-sciences sector.
Problem: The feds don't have full rules for top-security labs, or the expertise and resources to apply them.
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Richard Sutton will launch a new independent Alberta AI venture, he tells in his first interview since DeepMind closed its Edmonton lab. While ChatGPT-style LLMs are "flavour of the month," he's focused on reinforcement learning fundamentals.
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With AI-driven tools like ChatGPT threatening to upend its search business, Google's needs are suddenly more practical—and more urgent.
Richard Sutton said his new venture would give him the “flexibility to maintain focus and pace” in his area of AI research.
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Toronto fintech Paperstack raises US$6.5M.
The federal government has put nearly $2 billion into rebuilding Canada’s life-sciences sector but doesn’t have the rules or resources ready to deal with a slew of new laboratories.
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The Logic hosted a panel discussion on data privacy, and how industries can maximize the benefits of data while maintaining public trust, with host . Sponsored by . Watch the recording here: thelogic.co/news/event/unl
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And here's another clear-eyed story on crypto from , this time on Canada's "it's complicated" relationship with Bitcoin-mining companies.
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Alphabet/Google delivered a kick to Edmonton when it closed its DeepMind AI operation there. Colleagues and dig into why the Edmonton shop didn't fit with Alphabet's abrupt reorientation to fight ChatGPT.
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Canadian Bitcoin mining companies are already reeling from the crypto winter. Now they’re pushing back against proposed rules that they warn could drive them out of the country.
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Providing payment services to MindGeek was a potential breach of fiduciary duty, says suit by major Visa shareholder.
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A shareholder is suing to access documents to determine whether the company continued to provide payment services to MindGeek despite the latter's “potentially criminal activity involving child pornography.”
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