Federal government launches new national AI council

Prime Minister Mark Carney has assembled a 13-member council to advise Canada on the evolution of its AI strategy. The news: The Prime Minister’s office announced on Friday afternoon that it has formed a new National Council on Artificial Intelligence to provide what it claims will be independent advice on Canada’s AI transformation. The council features both public and private stakeholders, including many notable Canadian tech leaders, such as “AI godfather” Yoshua Bengio , former Nvidia lab le