{"id":241231,"date":"2026-07-07T20:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T00:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/ottawa-tabs-10-2m-for-ai-development-use-in-manitoba-winnipeg-free-press\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T01:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T05:10:14","slug":"ottawa-tabs-10-2m-for-ai-development-use-in-manitoba-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/ottawa-tabs-10-2m-for-ai-development-use-in-manitoba-winnipeg-free-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa tabs $10.2M for AI development, use in Manitoba \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/business\/2026\/07\/07\/ottawa-tabs-10-2m-for-ai-development-use-in-manitoba\">Ottawa tabs $10.2M for AI development, use in Manitoba \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/business\/2026\/07\/07\/ottawa-tabs-10-2m-for-ai-development-use-in-manitoba\">https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/business\/2026\/07\/07\/ottawa-tabs-10-2m-for-ai-development-use-in-manitoba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-07-07 20:41:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.winnipegfreepress.com\">www.winnipegfreepress.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Manitoba Construction Sector Council, with $1.14 million in federal funding from Ottawa, plans to create a drone library to help local construction firms advance their technological capabilities.<\/li>\n<li>Artificial Intelligence (AI) Minister Evan Solomon announced significant federal funding for AI development in Manitoba, emphasizing the importance of building AI infrastructure in Canada.<\/li>\n<li>Local construction firms are falling behind technologically, with only four percent using drones, highlighting a significant gap compared to competitors in other provinces and the United States.<\/li>\n<li>The drone library initiative aims to provide affordable access to drones for firms to evaluate and integrate them into their operations, targeting a launch date of October 1.<\/li>\n<li>The federal government\u2019s AI strategy includes $500 million for regional economic development offices, with six selected Manitoba organizations set to receive funding that could create around 170 jobs.<\/li>\n<li>Federal funding also supports various companies, including Mode40 for defense-focused drone projects and Taiv for expanding its AI-integrated advertising platform, signaling the broader application and growth potential of AI in different sectors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ottawa tabs $10.2M for AI development, use in Manitoba \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/business\/2026\/07\/07\/ottawa-tabs-10-2m-for-ai-development-use-in-manitoba Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/4374057_web1_260707-Evan-Solomon-0089.jpg?w=1600","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-241231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241233,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241231\/revisions\/241233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}