Carney unveils Canada's AI strategy focused on "large-scale" data centres

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon unveiled Canada’s new AI strategy on Thursday, which includes proposals for building “large-scale” data centres, restrictions on surveillance pricing, and a plan to ramp up use across industry, government and individuals. Five key sectors of the economy were identified as targets for expanding AI adoption. These are health and life sciences, energy and natural resources, transportation, agriculture and manufacturing and robots. The strategy proposes treating Canadian data held across a range of these and other sectors as a “strategic national asset” for use by AI innovators as part of a push to increase development and innovation. The Canadian government said it will modernize privacy and online safety laws to catch up to AI-powered harms such as deepfakes and synthetic media, and will put in place measures to protect Canadians against AI-generated disinformation that could affect elections, public discourse and trust in institutions. Canada will also table consumer privacy legislation that “ensures AI systems safeguard children’s information from exploitation and harm,” Carney said. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/11888860/canada-ai-strategy-preview/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on TikTok HERE: https://www.tiktok.com/@globalnews.ca?lang=en #GlobalNews