Two articles. Canada's way behind in AI, and sovereignty matters.
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To put things in perspective, it was reported that as of November 2023, Canada's AI compute capacity represents 0.7% of global AI compute capacity. Canada's current computing performance potential is half that of the United Kingdom's, the next lowest G7 nation.13 Dec 2024
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Canada is behind in 'sovereign AI compute' but two B.C.-focused projects aim to change that
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Attitudes about the importance of domestic computing power have shifted dramatically since Trump took office, said Handol Kim, CEO of the Vancouver machine-learning firm Variational AI.
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“Five months ago, it didn’t really matter,” Kim said during a Web Summit panel session.
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Now, however, after witnessing Trump attempt to restrict companies such as NVIDIA from selling high-powered processing chips to China, there seems to be increased risks to other countries.
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