Canada's national AI strategy targets adoption gap with free training and new legislation
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Summary
The Canadian federal government released its long-awaited national AI strategy, acknowledging a significant "adoption gap" where less than 15% of Canadian businesses use AI. The strategy proposes free AI training for all Canadians and new legislation to address concerns such as surveillance pricing and chatbot safety. Canada ranks behind many other countries in AI training, literacy, and public trust in AI systems.
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Less than 15 per cent of Canadian businesses use AI to produce goods or services.
Closing the gap in training and literacy 'is the foundation on which...'
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