Artificial Intelligence

The Trump administration and AI giant Anthropic have not discussed the government taking stakes in the firm, a source familiar with the matter said.

Hot weather of the kind sweeping the eastern U.S. drives up electricity demand for data centres, adding to their strain on power grids and worsening air quality for surrounding areas.

OpenAI has discussed giving the U.S. government five per cent stake, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, as AI firms face scrutiny in Washington over the likely misuse of advanced models and whether Americans would benefit from the industry’s massive valuations.

South Korea announced three “mega projects” on Monday covering semiconductors, physical AI and AI data centres, with Samsung Electronics, SK Group and government ministries outlining investment plans.

The Conservative Party of Canada used AI to generate footage for an ad shared to their social media in June. Experts say to expect more of the same from political parties in the near future

ChatGPT maker OpenAI said it is restricting the release of its new artificial intelligence model at the request of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Most of the U.S. stock market rose after oil prices eased back to where they were before the war with Iran, but drops for AI stocks kept the market in check.

A new report says 46 per cent of Canadian business leaders surveyed are experimenting with AI without achieving a meaningful return on their investment.

Canadian employees have few legal protections against workplace monitoring, experts said, after TD Bank told some staff it would use software to track their work activity, raising concerns about consent and privacy.

Technology companies are spending big to incorporate artificial intelligence into their businesses and to build huge data centers. Investors who had jumped on the bandwagon appear to be having second thoughts.

Anthropic on Tuesday launched an artificial intelligence agent inside Salesforce's Slack app that can work alongside employees in group chats, deepening its push into the enterprise market that has emerged as a key battleground for AI startups.

Financial services firm SoFi said on Tuesday it has bought Composer, an AI startup that helps retail investors build and execute sophisticated trading strategies that have long been the preserve of Wall Street firms.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called on artificial intelligence companies to release information about the carbon pollution they create, along with the water and land used to power their operations.

U.S. Federal regulators ordered regional grid operators to help large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s electric transmission system.

Bell Canada has signed an artificial intelligence infrastructure deal with Cohere that will see the AI firm operate its large language models through Bell AI Fabric, with support from two other companies.