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Field Effect launches tool for firms to monitor unsafe AI use
Field Effect launches tool for firms to monitor unsafe AI use
The increasing use of AI tools has boosted productivity, but has also been a source of potential security gaps. Ottawa-based cybersecurity firm Field Effect has launched a solution to increase transparency and guard against unsafe use of the technology.
Montreal's Nuvei strikes US$2.75-billion deal for Payoneer
Digital payments giant Nuvei Corp. has struck a deal to buy Payoneer Global Inc. for US$2.75-billion, the first acquisition by the Montreal technology company since going private in 2024. Payoneer handles cross-border business transactions in 150 markets.
OpenText invests €105M in Ireland, adds 400 jobs
OpenText, a Waterloo, Ont. headquartered data management firm for enterprise AI, today announced a €105 million investment that will create 400 new jobs across the company's sites in Ireland over the next three years.
Anthropic takes Fable 5, Mythos 5 offline on gov't directive
Anthropic said on Friday it will “abruptly disable” its most advanced AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all users after the U.S. government ordered it to suspend access to the models for foreign nationals, citing national security concerns.
Losing access to AI models highlights risk to Canada
The U.S. government’s directive that Anthropic prevent foreign nationals from accessing its latest artificial intelligence models underscores the risks that Canada and other countries face without alternatives to the American tech giants, according to experts.
As the AI economy booms in the U.S., Canada sees a blip
The frantic speed with which the artificial intelligence bonanza is rewiring the U.S. economy is staggering. The U.S. now spends more to construct data centres than office buildings and doubled imports of processors and servers from Mexico last year.
Element partners with Waymo for autonomous mobility
Element Fleet Management Corp. (EFN-T) the largest publicly traded pure-play automotive fleet manager in the world and a global leader in intelligent fleet and mobility solutions, announced a strategic multi-year partnership with Waymo, a leader in autonomous driving technology.
Switchboard finds opportunity in defence logistics
Fleet management software for commercial trucking — that's what Vancouver based Switchboard was built to do. Electronic logging, GPS tracking, real-time data sharing across the supply chain. The platform helps trucking companies share their vehicles' real-time data with other stakeholders.
AI turns coders, lawyers, analysts ghosts of London’s past
Search for “finance analyst” and you’re likely to find around 80 vacancies in London. If that seems like a surprisingly low number it’s because it is — four years ago the same website featured more than 350 of these roles.
Crypto token’s 50% wipeout magnifies AI-hacking threat
When Eli Ben-Sasson helped create the Zcash cryptocurrency nearly a decade ago, the cryptographer worried about human adversaries. He didn’t expect that machine intelligence would one day expose a flaw that had eluded years of expert human judgment.
Jack Ma-backed Ant Group set to overhaul billion-user app
Ant Group Co. is testing an overhaul to its Alipay super app that would introduce an AI agent interface that lets users ask the Alipay AI to book a car ride, order coffee or arrange takeout by typing or speaking.
Nvidia to raise US$20B through U.S. bond issuance: source
Nvidia will raise US$20-billion through a U.S. bond issuance, a source told Reuters on Monday, tapping the debt market to fund the massive capital requirements to produce cutting-edge AI chips.
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