Technology coverage from Quebec City Canada Wire.
Some of the world’s most powerful technology executives are investing heavily in artificial intelligence while simultaneously preparing for the possibility that it could threaten humanity.
Today’s artificial intelligence technologies have become remarkably good at generating text and ideas that seem profoundly human.
We all want a well-functioning immune system to help us fight invasive bacteria and viruses and recover faster from illness. Popular “immune-boosting” ideas, however, might be more of a hindrance than a help.
SpaceX has started a trend. More American companies are betting that they can beat the laws of physics by launching thousands of enormous satellites to create orbital “AI data centres” with names like Cowboy Space’s Stampede.
In his Oct. 10 Saturday Night Live (SNL) monologue, American comedian Shane Gillis joked that women at the gym dress like “whores” these days. The backlash was swift and widespread, in the news and across social media.
Ukraine’s recent tensions with the United States highlight the importance of technology in contemporary warfare. The American disruption of Starshield, the military version of Starlink, significantly increased Ukraine’s vulnerability to Rus…
When a nurse in Thunder Bay opens a patient’s chart or a shopper in Halifax taps a bank card, the request travels somewhere physical — a building humming with servers, storage, network equipment, backup power and cooling systems.
We have been bombarded in recent weeks with apocalyptic headlines about “artificial super-intelligence” and the possibilities of a new era of “artificial general intelligence” (AGI) in which AI achieves human capacities for reason and learn…
Canada has made digital sovereignty a priority in areas such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence and telecommunications.
Artificial intelligence (AI) can now flag people who may be at elevated risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) years before they disclose the violence or seek help for it within the health-care system.
Two decades after the launch of social media, Meta settled a lawsuit in August in the United States about the negative impact of Facebook and Instagram on teens’ well-being.
Artificial intelligence is no longer just a technology-sector issue. It’s transforming how public services are organized and delivered, including settlement services for immigrants and newcomers in Canada.