AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoSovereign AI: Ottawa plans to invest up to C$1.6 billion in Toronto-based Cohere, while Canada’s new national security strategy names emerging technologies a priority for building domestic capabilities. AI’s local footprint: Vancouver residents are protesting proposed data centres, raising concerns about how the AI build-out will affect neighbourhoods. Space: Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk completed the first of two planned spacewalks. Climate & health: At Canada’s youth-led climate trial, a doctor described children’s heightened risks from heat, air pollution and climate-related illness. A University of Toronto field study also points to urban greenery as a way to help cool cities.
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