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11 articles about canada in AI news
Canada's AI Compute Gap: Google Cloud Montreal Offers 2017-Era Chips
A technical developer's attempt to rent modern AI compute in Canada revealed a stark infrastructure gap, with major providers offering chips as old as 2017, undermining national AI ambitions.
The $50 Million Bet That Sparked the AI Revolution: How Canada's 1983 Investment Changed Everything
The modern AI boom can be traced back to a 1983 Canadian research bet when the government invested CAD $50M to create CIFAR, funding foundational work in neural networks and machine learning that laid the groundwork for today's AI systems.
Amazon Issues Canadian Bond to Fund $200B AI Data Center Buildout
Amazon issued Canadian bonds to fund its $200B AI data center plan, exploiting lower Canadian interest rates. The move diversifies funding as hyperscaler capex race intensifies.
Sleep Phase Cuts Transformer Costs by Consolidating Memory
Paper proposes sleep phase to consolidate context into fixed-size memory, reducing inference cost while improving long-horizon task performance on GSM-Infinite.
AMD Gives OSS Maintainers $3.6M MI355X Cluster Access
AMD gives vLLM/SGLang maintainers $3.6M MI355X cluster access, ending NVIDIA's monopoly on OSS inference hardware access.
American Express Launches Developer Kit and Purchase Protection for
American Express has introduced a new developer toolkit and a purchase protection feature designed for 'agentic commerce'—transactions initiated by AI agents. This move aims to provide infrastructure and consumer confidence for the emerging automated shopping ecosystem.
Hassabis: UK Talent, Less Competition Key to DeepMind's London Base
Demis Hassabis stated DeepMind remained in London because the UK offered world-class AI talent with less intense competition for hiring than Silicon Valley. This strategic choice highlights a key factor in the early AI talent wars.
Amazon Imposes 3.5% Fuel Surcharge on Fulfillment Fees, Impacting Seller Margins
Amazon announced a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge on Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) fees, effective April 17. The temporary fee, averaging $0.17 per unit in the U.S., is a response to rising global energy costs and will impact the profitability of third-party sellers who account for over 60% of Amazon's sales.
China Deploys Robotic Electricians for High-Voltage Grid Maintenance, Replacing Dangerous Manual Labor
China is scaling deployment of robotic systems that install and inspect live high-voltage power lines at altitude. The automation removes humans from hazardous electrical grid maintenance work.
Salesforce Bets on Agentic AI to Reaccelerate CRM Growth
Salesforce is making a strategic push into agentic AI, aiming to automate complex workflows and drive sales growth. This reflects a broader industry trend where autonomous AI agents are projected to handle a significant portion of enterprise tasks and transactions.
Global TV Liberation: How Open Source Collaboration Is Disrupting Streaming
An open-source project called Free-TV/IPTV has compiled free live TV channels from over 60 countries into a single M3U playlist. With 88 contributors maintaining the repository, this GitHub project offers HD streams from major platforms without subscriptions.