The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence
A curated Canadian edition of IndustrialDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Artificial Intelligence (AI).
What to know about Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, reshaping business operations, enhancing customer experiences, and driving innovation across sectors globally and in Australasia. From the surge in AI-driven cybersecurity threats and the adoption of AI in cloud infrastructure to the integration of generative AI in customer service, marketing, and financial sectors, this dynamic field demands close attention.
Experts emphasise the critical role of robust data management and infrastructure in successfully leveraging AI technologies, while organisations face challenges including skill gaps, ethical considerations, and regulatory developments. As AI adoption accelerates, businesses must balance innovation with security, sustainability, and human-centric strategies to thrive in this evolving landscape.
Readers exploring this tag will gain insights into the latest AI trends, practical applications, organisational strategies, technological advancements, and the collaborative efforts shaping the future of AI. Understanding these developments is essential for anyone interested in the impact of artificial intelligence on business, technology, and society.
Canadian Artificial Intelligence News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
BDO Canada teams up with ServiceNow on AI governance
Canadian firms struggling to turn AI trials into profit may gain tighter controls as BDO Canada and ServiceNow join forces on governance.
SAP Concur Canada flags grey areas in travel claims
Canadian firms risk slower reimbursements and weaker oversight unless they tighten expense rules around food delivery, lounge access and tips.
Which AI Decisions Should Carry a Human Signature?
A missed safeguard can turn an automated campaign into a customer backlash, and one coupon error shows why humans must sign off on risky AI calls.
Upstream Works launches Totalix contact centre platform
The platform promises same-day changes and fixed per-agent pricing as Upstream Works shifts to partners for wider distribution.
Canadian workers say AI adds friction, Ricoh finds
Most Canadian staff say workplace AI is adding friction, even as 86% of decision-makers believe their investments are paying off.
SickKids & Microsoft Canada expand Azure partnership
The deal will help SickKids tighten data access and analytics for personalised care, while giving clinicians earlier insights across its systems.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Artificial Intelligence
Gartner flags 10 tech trends for 2027 as AI governance
Infrastructure Flexibility Becomes A Competitive Advantage As Uncertainty Mounts
Kantata launches AI business intelligence for services
Yooz launches agentic AI for non-PO invoice coding
Cloudinary named Gartner Leader in digital asset management
Featured News
Oracle brings Fusion Claw to agentic supply chain management
Oracle is aiming to help manufacturers cut tariff exposure and freight costs with new agentic supply chain apps that simulate scarce resources and margins.
Capital One CTO on the drive to expand talent in Canada
Broader project work across Canada and the US is helping Capital One retain engineers amid fierce competition for tech talent.
Kyndryl VP: Canadian firms face barriers to modernising for AI
Kyndryl's Umair Dinarwala says Canadian firms have the ambition to modernise, but budgets, resistance to change and capacity hold them back.
Zoho Canada expands vertical approach in municipal government
Zoho Canada's Gary Yorke says municipalities need departments to share a directory and data infrastructure to make AI work for residents.
How Harvey AI's next generation deals with Canadian data
Canadian law firms can keep client files walled off, while choosing data storage and processing become key topic for AI in law.
Pick 'n' mix needed for Canada AI infrastructure: NRTH panel
Canada should focus on the AI infrastructure pieces that matter most, executives say, rather than insisting every link in the supply chain be domestic.
Interview: Cloudera says open-ended AI spending is over
Enterprises are now demanding proof of value and tighter controls as AI budgets face scrutiny over compute costs and deployment choices.
Exclusive: ABBYY says AI build costs will drive buying
Enterprises could cut AI spend by up to 80% by shifting document workflows away from custom builds and into standard platforms.
Elevate CEO: Canada at turning point ahead of festival
Toronto's AI talent pool is drawing more U.S. firms, but festival organisers say Canada must now keep its startups from leaving.
Exclusive: ABBYY brings zero-shot document AI to Vantage
Enterprises can now extract data from unseen document types without templates, as ABBYY rolls out zero-shot capabilities in Vantage.
The internet times are a'changing Fastly
Bot traffic is forcing Fastly to adapt its edge cloud tools as publishers and AI firms battle over caching, access and data protection.
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Dell says agentic AI should shift routine tasks below the machine line, freeing staff for expert work while making the role temporary.
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Businesses can avoid costly ERP rip-and-replace projects by layering AI and automation onto existing systems, Rimini Street says.
Reviews
Expert Columns
AI agents will multiply your inference bill. Is your enterprise ready?
Security Learnings from the Open Source Front Line
Digital sovereignty in practice: three examples of balancing control with global reach
Could AI enable successful socialism? Eliminating the fatal flaw
Cyber security now starts at the job interview
Cybersecurity Awareness: The Importance of Getting the Basics Right
From AI That Answers to AI That Acts
When AI Grades Student Work, Who Checks the Feedback?
How Local Agentic AI Is Coming to Business PCs
Address-Anchored Identity: Why Data Quality Is the Missing Link in eIDV
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Artificial Intelligence News
Stellantis picks Amperity for unified customer data
The platform will help the carmaker link fragmented records across brands, dealers and service channels to target owners more accurately.
DJI launches new Dock 4 with 25-second battery swap
The automated dock cuts turnaround between flights from about 30 minutes to 25 seconds, aimed at public safety and inspection crews.
Apple adds Siri AI app intents in 27.3 developer betas
The update broadens Apple's AI push, letting Siri handle tasks in core apps as the company tests new watch, Health and Safari features.
IB summit in Istanbul spotlights AI & student voice
Teachers' role in the classroom was put centre stage in Istanbul as IB schools weighed AI's growing influence on learning and assessment.
Melbourne cheaper than Sydney for data centre build
A global index shows Sydney and Melbourne still trail Asian hubs, though Melbourne’s indicative build cost is slightly lower at $10.58 per watt.
CrowdStrike to buy Fiddler AI & Dreadnode in AI push
The moves underline how security vendors are racing to control AI agents as businesses widen their use of automated software across operations.
Tanium joins OpenAI cyber programme for threat research
The limited access will help its hunters and engineers turn OpenAI models into detections, vulnerability work and stronger platform defences.
Snowflake launches free AI data training for users
Companies can now tap free, role-based AI and data training from Snowflake, with 30 days of hands-on labs included worldwide.
Lumen & Microsoft expand AI network tie-up for Azure
Enterprises grappling with AI rollouts should get simpler access to Azure-linked networking as the pair widen support across hybrid and multi-cloud estates.
Snowflake adds always-on AI bots for CoCo & CoWork
The update widens enterprise access to background automation, with recurring AI tasks now able to run continuously and seek approval only when needed.
Snowflake launches autonomous data tools & live analytics
Businesses using AI agents can now automate pipeline checks and query live data in one governed Snowflake platform, cutting manual work.
Legora to connect with iManage MCP Server for lawyers
Law firms using the tools will be able to pull governed iManage documents and past matter knowledge into Legora without weakening access controls.
meshIQ & Treehouse Software boost mainframe data streaming
Enterprises could cut manual work and outage risk as the deal links mainframe data flows more tightly to Snowflake and AWS analytics systems.
Google Cloud adds Claude models to Antigravity tools
Google Cloud users can now tap Anthropic's Claude models in Antigravity for coding tasks, broadening model choice across its AI tools.
Zywave adds AI tools for brokers & loss data access
Insurance brokers and carriers can now use Zywave's updated AI platform to personalise outreach, query loss data and automate prospecting workflows.
ArmourCode launches Zero to cut vulnerability backlogs
ArmourCode says the agent-based tool can shrink thousands of alerts into fewer verified fixes, easing pressure on security teams.
Google launches Gemini training bundles for finance, law
Free courses on Google Skills aim to help finance and legal staff use Gemini for tasks from bond issuance to contract review.
LinearB launches Agentic Studio to aid coding agents
Rising AI coding spend is pushing engineering teams to tackle review delays and release bottlenecks, as LinearB adds a new context layer.
Krafton unveils Ludi 0.2 in robotics research push
The gaming group is betting on robotics to extend its AI expertise beyond games, as Ludi 0.2 targets more natural human-robot interaction.
Global data centre market to hit USD $645bn by 2032
Rising cloud and AI demand is set to nearly double global data centre spending to USD $645 billion by 2032, the study says.
