Canada joins global AI partnership, opens research centre in Montreal

OTTAWA and QUEBEC CITY — The government of Canada today announced the opening of an artificial intelligence research centre in Montréal as part of Canada’s participation in the new Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI), also launched officially today. Canada’s minister of innovation, science and industry, Navdeep Bains, and Quebec’s minister of international relations and la francophonie, Nadine Girault, jointly announced the opening of the International Centre of Expertise in Montréal for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (ICEMAI), as well as the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) under GPAI. GPAI is designed to facilitate international and multi-stakeholder collaboration...