Technology
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Ex-Defence Minister Enters Canadian Defence Tech With Bold New Startup
Former Canadian defence minister Harjit Sajjan has entered the private sector with a new defence technology startup aimed at supporting Canada’s growing military and sovereignty ambitions, particularly in the Arctic. Sajjan is a cofounder and executive chair of Juno Industries Inc., a Vancouver-based company developing autonomous systems software for use in high-risk environments. The startup
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Fine-Tuning AI the Wrong Way Can Make It Dangerous
A new study in Nature suggests something worrying. If you train an AI to behave badly in one specific task, it can start behaving badly in other tasks too. Large language models like ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini are used as chatbots and assistants. They can give wrong or even harmful advice sometimes. Understanding why this
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Thinking About AI: Why Verbs Matter More Than You Realize
We say “think,” “know,” “understand,” and “remember” all the time. That is how we describe human minds. But when we use these words for AI, things get tricky. Machines start sounding human. They are not. Not even close. Jo Mackiewicz from Iowa State explained it simply. “We use mental verbs all the time, so it
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ZENN AI: Betting on Clarity in a Noisy Data Economy
AI is supposed to make sense of complicated stuff, right? Scans, lab results, materials data, all that. But here’s the thing. It often struggles when the data aren’t perfect. And real-world data almost never are. Different labs, different machines, even the same experiment on a different day can give slightly different numbers. Most AI models
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The Future of Shopping Is Here: Google Gemini’s AI Revolution
Google is trying something new with its Gemini AI chatbot. The company is working with Walmart, Shopify, Wayfair, and a few other big retailers to let people find and buy stuff without leaving the chat. It is kind of like having a shopping assistant inside your phone, though for now it is mostly U.S. users.
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Big Tech’s Unexpected AI Pairing
Apple has mostly stayed quiet on AI while others went all-in. Microsoft, Amazon, Meta — they spent big, fast. Apple? Not so much. Until now. It’s making a move, and it’s leaning on Google to do it. The deal is multi-year. Google’s Gemini models and cloud infrastructure will support Apple’s AI features across its products.
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AI on the Job: Keeping Older Adults Independent at Home
Here’s an interesting problem: millions of older adults experience mild cognitive decline, and that can make even simple tasks, like cooking breakfast or paying bills, tricky. A team at Washington University in St. Louis is experimenting with AI to tackle this. The idea is not to replace caregivers but to create a system that quietly
