Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warns foreign AI platforms can be used against Canadians

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warns that foreign AI platforms could threaten Canadians due to the country’s overreliance on foreign suppliers.
Carney expressed concerns about the potential weaponization of AI against Canada due to data flowing across borders and the dominance of foreign AI powers.
The government strategy highlights AI’s scale advantage controlled by large entities, posing security and economic risks to smaller nations.
The strategy advocates for a coalition of like-minded countries to challenge the dominance of global AI landscape players.
The government plans to introduce legislation to safeguard data privacy and establish a world-leading public AI supercomputer.
The federal government aims to build key sovereign AI capabilities domestically and partner with trusted allies accordingly.
The AI literacy initiative includes offering free AI training kits to help Canadians identify bias and misinformation, and improve their career prospects.
Canada has a substantial adoption gap in AI, with only a small percentage of businesses currently using AI, particularly among small and medium-sized enterprises.

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