With so many climate projections and mitigation strategies eyeing far-away years like 2050, it can be tempting to assume there’s still time to reverse the worst impacts of an ever-warming planet. Unfortunately, that’s no longer in the cards — at least according to the United Nations Environment Programme, which just released a dismal report calling…
Around the world, the demand for cleaner alternatives to petroleum-based jet fuel is rising. By 2030, the European Union will require a minimum sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) blend of 6 percent, which will rise to 70 percent by 2050. Countries like the United Kingdom, Singapore, Japan, and Brazil are instituting similar policies, putting pressure on…
Protein Industries Canada (PIC) is investing more than $2 million toward two AI AgTech projects as part of its broader effort to support domestic innovation. The news: On Wednesday, PIC announced it would contribute up to $2.2 million to two AgTech projects that are leveraging AI to combat crop disease and protect agricultural workers. PIC’s…
The animation industry is facing an existential threat in the form of generative AI. Entertainment execs remain adamant that the tech is the answer, allowing fewer workers to accomplish more in less time — a thinly-veiled attempt, critics charge, to pinch pennies and churn out lower quality content. Marketing teams are also frequently caving to…
New York City just instituted a sweeping ban on schools using AI in the classroom through the start of high school, along with other restrictions on the technology. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the one-year moratorium on Wednesday, calling it the “most comprehensive of its kind anywhere in the country.” “The tech industry wants us to…
As if a million white collar workers suddenly cried out in terror at once, a great disturbance in the AI force forced down every major AI chatbot service — a brief moment of reprieve from our AI empire overlords. OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Gemini, and X’s Grok mysteriously went down Thursday morning, and we…
Nearly two dozen AI hyperscalers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, have agreed to the federal government’s new framework for building data centres in Canada. “If you build in Canada, you must build responsibly, transparently and for Canadians.” AI Minister Evan Solomon AI Minister Evan Solomon announced the framework and its signatories at an event in…
A decade ago, launching a technology company meant raising significant capital early, hiring engineers quickly, and spending months or even years building before heading to market. AI is rapidly compressing that timeline; Founders can now test ideas faster, launch products earlier, and prove demand with smaller teams and less upfront capital. “The time is now…
The digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses of individuals from the United States and Canada are being sold on the dark web through an easily accessible service called Nexus. As noted cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs noted on his blog this week, the sale has now caught the attention of the FBI, which…
At this point, the AI economy is like a drunk guy who managed to mount a tiger. Though nothing about the current situation is ideal, there’s no clear way to hop off without ensuring certain doom at the hands of a large, angry cat. So it goes with AI: though the ridiculous cost of data…
