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• @hellodavidryan David on threads

  In honour of touching down in Canada, I present to you, the nation's $2.4B AI announcement (released on a Sunday for reasons).  - $2B for infrastructure, compute power, and an access fund - $200M for regional development in critical sectors - $100M program for small-mid sized bus…

• @aidangomez Aidan Gomez on x

  Oh wow, Canada is playing to win the AI game again. https://www.pm.gc.ca/...

• @cohere @cohere on x

  We're excited to see the Canadian government continues to play a global leadership role in fostering AI innovation. Now we will have the most forward-looking national compute and AI adoption strategy! https://www.pm.gc.ca/...

• @ethancaballero @ethancaballero on x

  Canada is scaling to AGI with $2 billion of compute: https://www.pm.gc.ca/...

• @mgeist Michael Geist on x

  Sunday government release on support for AI that includes $5.1M for enforcing AIDA, the AI portion of Bill C-27. Bill hasn't even cleared committee yet and the OPC alone estimated it would add $25M in costs. Not a serious estimate for a new commissioner. https://www.pm.gc.ca/...

• @financecanada @financecanada on x

  Key measures in #Budget2024 were announced today, including $2 billion to build and provide access to computing capabilities and technological infrastructure for Canada's world-leading AI researchers, start-ups, and scale-ups. https://www.pm.gc.ca/... [image]

• @mila_quebec @mila_quebec on x

  Mila welcomes this morning's announcement by Canadian Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau of a historic investment of over $2 billion in AI, including a strategic national computing infrastructure, and the establishment of an institute dedicated to AI safety research. [image]

• @turnernovak Turner Novak on x

  @nathanbenaich Congrats to Canada on the Series E! Excited to see what they do in AI with this nine months of runway.

• @nathanbenaich Nathan Benaich on x

  The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced a $2.4 billion package of measures from the upcoming Budget 2024 to secure Canada's AI advantage. On a Sunday. Love it. [image]

• @bradwouters Brad Wouters on x

  Some great news today on new support for AI in Canada. Important for both research institutions and new companies. Securing Canada's AI advantage | Prime Minister of Canada https://www.pm.gc.ca/...

• @aidangomez Aidan Gomez on x

  $2.4B in funding, directly targeting compute and adoption. This is incredible, we've seen that Canadian enterprise has lagged international peers in adoption and this funding will shine a spotlight on that unlock more aggressive spend. https://twitter.com/...

• @fp_champagne François-Philippe Champagne on x

  Today's announcement furthers our position as a leader in responsable AI. By investing $2.4M, we will: 📈Accelerate job growth in 🇨🇦's tech sector 🧑‍💻Provide infrastructure, helping researchers and businesses adopt AI 🌐Ensure responsible use and development of AI tech [image]

• @muradhem Murad Hemmadi on x

  New from me: The federal government will spend $2B to build sovereign AI compute capacity, funding access for startups and researchers in the meantime. Canada is also setting up its own AI safety institute. Liberals made #Budget2024 announcement Sunday. https://thelogic.co/...

• @mariekewalsh Marieke Walsh on x

  PM Justin Trudeau is in Montreal today for another budget announcement. This time: $2.4-billion for AI and computing capabilities and infrastructure. Here's @Joe_Castaldo in the Globe last month on how Canada was falling behind in the field https://www.theglobeandmail.com/ ...

• @davidcoletto David Coletto on x

  I think there's a real chance most people who see this headline will feel more threats than opportunities in it. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces $2.4-billion to build Canada's AI capacity - The Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/ ...

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