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Canada's national artificial intelligence strategy, framed around public trust, economic opportunity and Canadian sovereignty.
Canada added $500 million over five years to its Regional AI Initiative, taking total federal funding to $700 million. At the first tranche's average cost per project, that covers about 545 more projects, against a goal of 60% business adoption by 2034.
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Seoul is buying distribution rather than compute. The government is handing operators a donated chip grant, has set an 80 percent domestic serving floor, and hasn't published what the programme will cost - all in a country where roughly 1.8 million people pay for any AI at all.
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Seven more companies, among them major domestic financial groups, have asked to join a consortium of 16. The paid tiers KT sketches for business users and premium public services are still conditional.
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The Ministry of Science and ICT has picked three consortium leads and set September betas, which hands the market a delivery calendar long before it hands anyone a number worth modelling.
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Canada's AI for All strategy includes a National AI Literacy Initiative for postsecondary students and educators. One instructor argues fluency without accountability yields graduates who cannot defend their work.
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