Alex Riehl

Most recruits come from the US, bringing talent from places like Cornell, Harvard, Yale, and MIT. Canada has convinced 64 international academics, mostly from the United States, to bring their work to Canadian universities through its new talent-attraction program. The news: Industry minister Mélanie Joly announced the first round of academics coming to Canada as part of the $1.7-billion Global Impact+ Research Talent Initiative on Thursday.

Cohere study shows one in three executives have difficulty describing sovereign AI. Businesses and IT leaders have a limited understanding of what sovereign AI means or what opportunities it may offer, according to a new study sponsored by Toronto-based AI developer Cohere. The news: The study, performed by analyst firm IDC on behalf of Cohere, found that more than half of executive leaders believe sovereign AI is a priority, but there was little agreement on its definition.

Toronto firm is now delivering space compute capabilities to commercial and government partners. Following its historic satellite launch earlier this year, Kepler Communications says it has brought online the first commercial space data relay service, effectively creating orbital data centres. The news: The Toronto-based company announced on Monday that its satellite constellation is now delivering real-time, space-based computing to its commercial and government customers.