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Image: Truth Social Nova Scotia mixed media artist Chris Warburton Hulme, (whose motto is “Empowering Women Through Art”), produces prints, bookmarks, cards, stickers, notebooks etc. based on her original art.

Image: Author (Tofino, BC) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese caught global attention in mid-July with his speech at the University of Sydney, “AI in Australia’s Interests”.

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer declared in his interview with the CBC on August 26 that the issue of discoverability of Canadian content, especially French language content, was not a dealbreaker.

Image: Wikimedia Commons (Flanker) As the Canada-US trade talks went down to the wire last week, working against the artificial deadline set by Donald Trump (with a three-day extension in order to finalize the “deal” he announced on social media, a deal t…

Lord Pailface Copyright is a deadly serious business, as the AI company Anthropic found out when it was sued for copyright infringement and agreed to pay $1.5 billion to implicated authors, or as the online platform Afterlife discovered when it was ordered

Pursuing the Unlikely Dream By Peter S.

Image: Shutterstock (adapted) Last week I commented on the news that the Carney government intends to eliminate even the 5 percent base contribution of revenues required of US streaming services to fund Canadian production, rolling back a requirement impo…

Image: Shutterstock It was an unusual, almost clumsy way to disclose an important policy change (or, at the very least, a key policy refinement/clarification).

Image: Public domain When I scroll down the emoji list on my phone, after all the smileys and pulsating hearts, the camels and horses, tennis racquets and golf clubs, I come to a section displaying flags.

Image: Shutterstock In early June Canada issued its national AI strategy paper, “AI for All”.