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The AI North Brief

The AI North Brief

著者: Paul Karwatsky
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15 Minutes. Every Weekday Morning. The AI Intelligence You Need.


Artificial Intelligence is evolving faster than our capability to understand its eventual impact. The AI North Brief is your daily filter, cutting through the noise to deliver only the essential news and policy shifts shaping Canada and the world.


Hosted by veteran news anchor and communications expert Paul Karwatsky, the show bridges the gap between the anchor desk and the cutting edge of AI governance. Currently pursuing his MS in AI Policy, Ethics, and Management at Purdue University, Paul brings a unique lens to the daily brief—combining decades of journalistic rigor with a deep, academic dive into the ethical frameworks and regulatory hurdles that will define the next decade.


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  • The Readiness Gap
    2026/02/20

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    Canadian firms are slower to adopt AI than their global peers. Only about one-quarter have fully implemented AI, compared to one-third globally. But IBM data shows 84% of Canadian executives are confident in 2026 performance and 86% are already using agentic AI. So which is it? This episode examines the disconnect between Canada's research strength and its commercialization struggles, the cultural factors holding companies back, and why the AI adoption gap isn't uniform across the economy.

    Sources:

    https://thehub.ca/podcast/video/the-future-is-present-why-canada-cant-afford-to-move-slowly-on-ai-innovation-strategies/

    https://canada.newsroom.ibm.com/2026-02-02-Canadas-AI-Moment-Five-Trends-Redefining-Business-Confidence,-Speed-and-Trust-in-2026

    https://thelogic.co/commentary/quebec-ink/yoshua-bengio-geoffrey-hinton-canada-ai-doom/

    Tags

    AI North Brief, Canadian AI, AI Policy, AI Adoption, Linux Foundation, IBM Canada, Hilary Carter, AI Readiness, Open Source AI, Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, AI Safety

    Chapter Markers

    00:00 Intro 00:30 Two Competing Stories 01:45 The Valley of Death 03:00 The Doom and Gloom Problem 04:15 What Readiness Looks Like 05:30 What's Holding the Rest Back 06:30 What This Means

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    7 分
  • The Compute Clock Starts
    2026/02/17

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    The deadline for Canada's sovereign AI data centre proposals closed on Saturday. For the past month, the federal government accepted pitches for projects over 100 megawatts, Canadian-controlled, designed to reduce dependence on foreign compute. Brookfield estimates hyperscale data centres cost $10 million per megawatt to build, with compute infrastructure adding another $30 million per megawatt. Selected proponents will enter MOUs with the government, though no funding has been allocated yet. This episode examines what happens next and whether the gap between policy and physical infrastructure can finally close.

    Sources:

    https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/enabling-large-scale-sovereign-ai-data-centres

    https://betakit.com/feds-call-for-proposals-to-build-large-scale-data-centres-in-canada/

    https://www.torys.com/our-latest-thinking/publications/2026/01/canada-promotes-investment-in-sovereign-large-scale-ai-data-centres

    https://www.dlapiper.com/en/insights/publications/2026/02/government-of-canada-launches-call-for-proposals-for-large-scale-sovereign-ai-data-centres

    https://datacenternews.ca/story/feds-seek-applications-for-sovereign-data-centres-over-100mw

    https://www.brookfield.com/views-news/insights/infrastructure-outlook-accelerating-growth

    https://www.ieso.ca/Corporate-IESO/Media/News-Releases/2024/10/Electricity-Demand-in-Ontario-to-Grow-by-75-per-cent-by-2050

    https://betakit.com/microsoft-to-spend-7-5-billion-on-ai-data-centre-expansion-with-pledge-to-protect-canadas-digital-sovereignty/

    https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/canadian-sovereign-ai-compute-strategy

    Tags

    AI North Brief, Canadian AI, AI Policy, Sovereign Compute, Data Centres, AI Infrastructure, ISED, Evan Solomon, Canadian Sovereign AI Compute Strategy, Budget 2025, Brookfield, Microsoft


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    7 分
  • The Sovereign Technology Alliance
    2026/02/16

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    Description

    Canada and Germany signed an AI cooperation agreement at the Munich Security Conference, launching the Sovereign Technology Alliance. The deal focuses on compute infrastructure, AI research, and talent development. It explicitly names Yoshua Bengio's LawZero as a potential area for collaboration. The signing comes as the Munich conference wrapped with warnings about "wrecking-ball politics" and the fracturing of the rules-based international order. This episode examines what the declaration actually does, what it doesn't do, and how it fits into Canada's broader pivot toward middle-power partnerships.

    Sources:

    https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2026/02/canada-and-germany-sign-ai-joint-declaration-and-launch-sovereign-technology-alliance.html

    https://globalnews.ca/news/11668118/canada-signs-ai-declaration-germany/

    https://lawzero.org/en/news/yoshua-bengio-launches-lawzero-new-nonprofit-advancing-safe-design-ai

    https://time.com/7290554/yoshua-bengio-launches-lawzero-for-safer-ai/

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/munich-security-trump-carney-9.7077801

    https://securityconference.org/en/publications/munich-security-report/2026/

    https://www.canadianaffairs.news/2026/02/11/how-ai-is-affecting-canadas-job-market/

    https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/carney-cancels-trip-to-europe-following-bc-school-shooting/

    Tags

    AI North Brief, Canadian AI, AI Policy, Canada Germany, Sovereign Technology Alliance, Munich Security Conference, Evan Solomon, LawZero, Yoshua Bengio, AI Safety, Sovereign Compute, Mark Carney

    Chapter Markers

    00:00 Intro 00:45 What the Declaration Actually Does 02:30 The Context That Matters 04:00 What It Does Not Do 05:30 The Bigger Picture

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    6 分
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