Artificial Intelligence
Researchers look to artificial intelligence programs to predict wildfires
Researchers and forest managers are turning to artificial intelligence in the hope it can help them predict the risk of catastrophic wildfires as climate change continues to rewrite the rule book.
Prime Minister talks about addressing 'anxiety' in Newfoundland visit
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stressed the economic importance of supporting research and innovation in a time of economic uncertainty as he wrapped up a East Coast tour in St. John's on Friday, February 22, 2019.
How sci-fi could help solve climate change
As early as 1905, nearly 50 years before the first photovoltaic cell was put to use, the women of “Ladyland” were thriving on solar energy.
Keep it positive in a campaign year, Trudeau tells MPs while attacking Tories
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sharpened his core re-election message on Sunday, January 20, 2019, telling his MPs to present a positive message to Canadians while he branded his Conservative opponents as a detached party of the elite.
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante apologizes for delivering speech in English
Montreal's mayor apologized on Wednesday, December 5, 2018, for speaking almost entirely in English as she delivered a speech highlighting international foreign investment in Montreal.
NASA wants Canadian boots on the moon but feds still pondering space options
The Trudeau government faced criticism Wednesday for a tepid response to the head of the U.S. space agency saying he wants to see Canadian astronauts walking on the moon in the near future.
Businesses question Coalition plan to cut immigration amid Quebec labour shortage
The Coalition Avenir Québec's resounding election victory could clear the way for the party to make good on its vow to cut immigration, a position that worries Quebec businesses and experts who cite labour shortages. They nonetheless see the party's fiscal conservatism as a plus.
Google's A.I. personal assistant sparks concerns about future of communication
Earlier this week, Google unveiled demos of new A.I. services that had the web abuzz, including Duplex, which would allow users to outsource the drudgery of booking appointments with businesses by phone to a virtual personal assistant.
Liberals urged to tackle killer robots
The Trudeau government is facing pressure on several fronts to lead an international ban on the use of autonomous weapons, the so-called "killer robots" that some fear could result from artificial intelligence run amok.
G7 labour ministers look to set plan for tech disruption in workforce
A group of G7 ministers handling how governments help workers caught in the churn of a rapidly changing labour market will sit down starting today to hammer out a path through the employment storm.
New method can predict where lightning will spark wildfires: Calgary study
Apparently lightning can strike the same place twice after all.
Trudeau to focus on economic agenda in 2018, hopes to put ethics flaps behind him
Justin Trudeau's Liberals are ushering out 2017 the same way they rang it in: in the midst of controversy over ethics and alleged elitism.
Montreal seeks to be world leader in responsible artificial intelligence research
Various computer scientists, researchers, lawyers and other techies have recently been attending bi-monthly meetings in Montreal to discuss life's big questions — as they relate to our increasingly intelligent machines.
Liberals nearing decision on how to spend $800M earmarked for innovation
The government earmarked the cash in last year's budget to support "innovation networks and clusters" as part of federal plans to help budding companies scale up significantly.