The Walrus invited me to share initial impressions, alongside the awesome Starling Centre crew (eg Alissa Centivany, @jredden.bsky.social, @lukestark.bsky.social) & others. "AI for All" seems less an optimistic promise than a threat. The real slogan is: "AI will be adopted until morale improves." 🧵
Cynthia Khoo
“This idea of copyright and taking work without the consent of creators has been dogging the...generative AI industry for the last three years,” @hadrianmk.bsky.social said.
“So it was surprising that it wasn’t...acknowledged in this strategy.” @policyalternatives.ca globalnews.ca/news/1189238...
The word 'copyright' doesn't appear once in Canada's 50-page AI strategy, despite promises last summer by the minister of artificial intelligence that it would be addressed.
“The layoffs done to save money also proved more costly for 75 per cent of organizations that let staff go. Those costs typically came in the form of recruiting, training, onboarding and institutional knowledge loss.”
Not what you want from your leadership during an emergency: “38% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed they had witnessed bullying or harassment directed toward others…contributing to increased resignations following the wildfire season…” www.saskatchewan.ca/-/media/news...
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Moose Jaw’s proposed 150MW data centre in ValleyView considered in council yesterday.
The province doesn’t put a limit on how much any one person or company can give to a party, Enoch said, “so why go through all these shell companies? Is it because they don't want to be seen to be putting too much largesse to the party via Rawlco?” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Saskatoon and Regina post the first and third highest Year-over-year change in the average asking rent in the country leaderpost.com/news/canada/...
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“A single airport is a natural monopoly. If it’s a non-profit, then by design it doesn’t chase monopoly profits. If we sell it to a private company, that company will use the monopoly power to rake in monopoly profits for its investors.” www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Canada has unveiled its long-awaited national AI strategy, but experts say key questions around regulation, privacy, and accountability remain unanswered. Can Ottawa translate its AI ambitions into public confidence? https://thewalrus.ca/canada-ai-plan/
Hundreds of thousands of dollars are funnelled into Saskatchewan political parties through numbered companies. An investigation by the Investigative Journalism Foundation and CBC pulls back the curtai...
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Simon Enoch
Simon Enoch
Simon Enoch
Simon Enoch
Metropolitan areas in Canada have seen rent prices decline by as much as 5.9 per cent in the first quarter of the year.
