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How can Canada better connect AI research with commercialization to meet strategic business needs?
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Commercialization of AI
How can Canada strengthen coordination across academia, industry, government and defence to accelerate impactful AI research?
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[AI] Research and [AI] talent
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What can Canada do to ensure equitable access to AI literacy across regions, demographics and socioeconomic groups?
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[AI] Education and [AI] skills
What changes to the Canadian business enabling environment are needed to unlock AI commercialization?
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Commercialization of AI
What needs to be put in place so Canada can grow globally competitive AI companies while retaining ownership, IP and economic sovereignty?
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Commercialization of AI
What skills are required for a modern, digital economy, and how can Canada best support their development and deployment in the workforce?
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[AI] Education and [AI] skills
Which infrastructure gaps (compute, data, connectivity) are holding back AI innovation in Canada, and what is stopping Canadian firms from building sovereign infrastructure to address them?
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Building enabling infrastructure [for AI]
What conditions are needed to ensure Canadian AI research remains globally competitive and ethically grounded?
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[AI] Research and [AI] talent
What efforts are needed to attract, develop and retain top AI talent across research, industry and the public sector?
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[AI] Research and [AI] talent
How can Canada better connect AI research with commercialization to meet strategic business needs? How can Canada strengthen cybersecurity and safeguard critical infrastructure, data and models in the age of AI? How can we best support AI companies to remain rooted in Canada while growing strength in global markets? How can we enhance AI literacy in Canada, including awareness of AI’s limitations and biases? How can we ensure equitable access to AI infrastructure across regions, sectors and users (researchers, start-ups, SMEs)? How much sovereign AI compute capacity will we need for our security and growth, and in what formats? What are the emerging security risks associated with AI, and how can Canada proactively mitigate future threats? What are the key barriers to AI adoption, and how can government and industry work together to accelerate responsible uptake? What can Canada do to ensure equitable access to AI literacy across regions, demographics and socioeconomic groups? What changes to Canada’s landscape of business incentives would accelerate sustainable scaling of AI ventures? What changes to the Canadian business enabling environment are needed to unlock AI commercialization? What frameworks, standards, regulations and norms are needed to ensure AI products in Canada are trustworthy and responsibly deployed? What needs to be put in place so Canada can grow globally competitive AI companies while retaining ownership, IP and economic sovereignty? What skills are required for a modern, digital economy, and how can Canada best support their development and deployment in the workforce? Which infrastructure gaps (compute, data, connectivity) are holding back AI innovation in Canada, and what is stopping Canadian firms from building sovereign infrastructure to address them? Accelerating AI adoption by industry and government Arctic settlements need heat; data centres produce it. Building enabling infrastructure [for AI] Building safe AI systems and strengthening public trust in AI Commercialization of AI Data centres do not produce a lot of jobs. Find out what the significant centres and players of AI in Canada currently even are. Focus on training jobs and inference jobs where low ping times are less important. How can Canada build public trust in AI technologies while addressing the risks they present? How can Canada proactively engage citizens and businesses to promote responsible AI use and trust in its governance? How can Canada strengthen coordination across academia, industry, government and defence to accelerate impactful AI research? How can we ensure those sectors with the greatest opportunity can take advantage [of AI]? How does Canada get to more and stronger AI industrial champions? How does Canada retain and grow its AI research edge? How will we know if Canada is meaningfully engaging with and adopting AI? ISED wants Canada to have a national strategy for artificial intelligence. Scaling Canadian [AI] champions and attracting investments Security of the Canadian [AI] infrastructure and capacity Stick a bunch of data centres in the arctic. What about the increased latency by having to send packets several thousand kilometres north? What are the best measures of success [for adopting AI]? What are the most important things to do to build confidence? What are the promising areas that Canada should lean in on, where it can lead the world? What conditions are needed to ensure Canadian AI research remains globally competitive and ethically grounded? What efforts are needed to attract, develop and retain top AI talent across research, industry and the public sector? What lessons can we learn from countries that are successful at investment attraction in AI and tech, both from domestic sources and from foreign capital? What supports would make our champions own the podium? Where can AI better position Canada’s protection and defence? Where is Canada even doing AI research of any global significance? Where is the greatest potential for impactful AI adoption in Canada? Who is best placed to lead which efforts that fuel trust? [AI] Education and [AI] skills [AI] Research and [AI] talent