May 20, 2026

Only 10% of Canadian non-profits have formal policies for using artificial intelligence.

Without guidelines, non-profits risk losing public trust in their use of AI.

Canadian employers are increasingly using AI to monitor workplace safety and risks.

These tools can improve safety but may also raise privacy and mental health concerns.

Experts advise HR leaders to involve employees in the implementation of surveillance tools.

Canada is supporting Indonesia's artificial intelligence ambitions to enhance its digital sovereignty.

This partnership diversifies Indonesia's tech landscape and reduces reliance on major powers.

Monitor future developments as Indonesia's AI strategies evolve and gain international attention.

Mark Daley discussed agentic artificial intelligence in a recent interview on CBC.

Agentic AI can perform tasks with autonomy, raising new ethical considerations.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and G7 partners released new guidance on AI transparency.

The guidance aims to improve security by exposing risks in AI systems and their dependencies.

The recommendations are voluntary and may evolve as AI technology advances.

The Government of Canada announced $6.8 million in funding for five AI projects in Alberta.

This funding will create over 70 jobs and support AI commercialization and productivity.

Businesses will use this funding to improve competitiveness and reach new markets.

The C.D. Howe Institute will host a conference on June 11, 2026, in Ottawa to discuss AI.

The event aims to address Canada's AI commercialization challenges amid competition from peer countries.

Experts will focus on practical steps for government and industry to enhance Canada's AI competitiveness.

Alberta plans to attract billions to develop AI data centres within two years.

The province expects significant announcements on prospective AI data centre projects in six months.

Anthropic reportedly agreed to pay xAI about $1.25 billion per month for compute capacity.

The deal underlines how access to AI infrastructure is becoming a central bottleneck for frontier labs.

Watch whether model companies keep locking in large private compute commitments outside the usual cloud channels.

Stability AI released an audio model designed to generate longer music tracks of up to six minutes.

Longer-form generation pushes AI music tools closer to practical creative production workflows.

Licensing, artist consent, and platform rules will shape whether these tools become mainstream creative infrastructure.

The California State Senate approved Senate Bill 903 to ban AI from providing therapy.

The bill aims to protect mental health services and ensure human oversight in treatment.

SB 903 sets standards for using AI in mental health care and requires clear disclosure and consent.

Nvidia reported another record quarter and disclosed a large portfolio of startup holdings.

The numbers show how deeply the AI boom is concentrating around compute supply, chips, and infrastructure finance.

The next signal is whether demand stays broad enough to support the scale of investment now attached to AI infrastructure.

Dr. Fabian Lütz conducts research on AI regulation to promote fairness and human dignity.

His work addresses legal and ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligence in society.

Lütz's findings could influence future regulatory frameworks in Canada and Europe.

OpenAI said one of its models helped disprove a long-standing discrete geometry conjecture.

The result is a concrete example of AI being used for mathematical discovery rather than only text generation.

Independent review and reproducibility will matter before the claim becomes a settled research milestone.