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We believe Canada has the potential to be a global leader in AI’s continued, responsible use – but only if our governments and organizations embrace it

The federal government has recently released its voluntary Code of Practice the Code relating to advanced generative artificial intelligence AI systems. The code identifies measures that organizations are encouraged to adopt when they are developing generative AI systems.

Charles Morgan at McCarthys says companies are still 'trying to figure out what this is'

The gaming industry in India is facing tax woes as the GST department issued pre-show cause notices to several cash flow-rich firms in the sector. One of the notices, amounting to an estimated Rs 25,000 crore, was served to fantasy sports company Dream11, making it the largest indirect tax notice in India. This move has sparked legal disputes and challenges from the gaming companies, who argue that the tax demands are retrospective and unfair. The Supreme Court will conduct further hearings on t...

Opposition MPs had objected to a plan to provide the text only after the House of Commons committee had finished its study.

Blackberry, OpenText, Ada-AI, Cohere and Coveo are among the first signatories of finalized guidelines, announced Wednesday by Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne.

Legislators need to learn lessons from the past and the problems caused by divergent approaches to data protection regulation, as they grapple with how to limit the risks associated with artificial intelligence. Convergence is key, warns Dragoş Tudorache MEP, co-rapporteur on the EU’s AI Act, which is on track to be adopted in November. There must not be a repeat of what happened with data privacy, where the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation is at odds with the US approach, he said.

The government has said that the law will have to be implemented in six months by big companies, while others will get 12 months with only a few exceptions.

Byjus new India CEO is setting about cleaning house with no stone unturned. Within a week of taking over, Arjun Mohan is planning to merge verticals and prune staff strength by a third – thats over a whopping 4,500 jobs - to rein in costs. This and more in todays ETtech Morning Dispatch.

The Data Governance Act entered into application on 24 September 2023. The Regulation creates a new European way of data governance based on increasing trust in data sharing. It aims to create a safe environment for sharing data across sectors and member states to benefit society and the economy. The Data Governance Act also allows […]