Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence

Canada helps shape global dialogue on the responsible and safe use of artificial intelligence

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Friday, November 3, 2023
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During the summit, leaders discussed how best to manage the risks from so-called frontier AI systems—highly capable general-purpose AI software programs or algorithms that match or exceed present-day capabilities.

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  • During the summit, leaders discussed how best to manage the risks from so-called frontier AI systems—highly capable general-purpose AI software programs or algorithms that match or exceed present-day capabilities.
  • "Canada continues to play a leading role on the global governance and responsible use of AI.
  • It is critical and urgent that we all come together to build public trust around this transformational technology.
  • We look forward to continuing our work with like-minded countries to move confidently from fear to opportunity."

Enterprise AI Leader SymphonyAI Appoints AI and Robotics Luminary Daniela Rus to Its Board

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Monday, October 16, 2023
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SymphonyAI, a leader in predictive and generative AI enterprise AI SaaS, announced today that it has appointed Daniela Rus, Ph.D., as an independent board member.

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  • PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SymphonyAI, a leader in predictive and generative AI enterprise AI SaaS, announced today that it has appointed Daniela Rus, Ph.D., as an independent board member.
  • Rus joins SymphonyAI as the fast-growth company brings a range of applications combining predictive and generative AI technology to market.
  • We welcome her to the team as SymphonyAI continues to grow and innovate at the forefront of predictive and generative AI."
  • Rus' appointment to the SymphonyAI board follows the recent appointment of financial services visionary Blythe Masters .

Amazon and Anthropic Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance Generative AI

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Monday, September 25, 2023
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Anthropic plans to run the majority of its workloads on AWS, further providing Anthropic with the advanced technology of the world’s leading cloud provider.

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  • Anthropic plans to run the majority of its workloads on AWS, further providing Anthropic with the advanced technology of the world’s leading cloud provider.
  • Amazon developers and engineers will be able to build with Anthropic models via Amazon Bedrock so they can incorporate generative AI capabilities into their work, enhance existing applications, and create net-new customer experiences across Amazon’s businesses.
  • Today’s news is the latest AWS generative AI announcement as the company continues to expand its unique offering at all three layers of the generative AI stack.
  • These commitments are a continuation of work that both Amazon and Anthropic have been doing to support the safety, security, and responsible development and deployment of AI and will continue through this expanded collaboration.

Sprinklr Expands Partnership with Google Cloud to Unify Customer Experience with AI

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Thursday, September 7, 2023
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Sprinklr (NYSE: CXM), the unified customer experience management (Unified-CXM) platform for modern enterprises today announced the integration of the Sprinklr AI+ platform with Google Cloud's Vertex AI for unified customer experience management.

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  • Sprinklr (NYSE: CXM), the unified customer experience management (Unified-CXM) platform for modern enterprises today announced the integration of the Sprinklr AI+ platform with Google Cloud's Vertex AI for unified customer experience management.
  • This expanded partnership with Google Cloud allows us to offer our customers access to their preferred generative AI platforms integrated with Sprinklr’s proprietary AI+ focused specifically on deriving insights from unstructured customer experience (CX) data.
  • With generative AI capabilities powered by Google Cloud’s Vertex AI APIs, Sprinklr customers can tap into new features across all four Sprinklr product suites: Sprinklr Service , Sprinklr Social , Sprinklr Marketing , and Sprinklr Insights .
  • How enterprises will use Sprinklr AI+ and Vertex AI to enhance customer experience across verticals:
    Retail companies will elevate contact center efficiency with generative AI capabilities to support service agents.

Habu Unveils Generative AI Capabilities on Google Cloud to Create Value From Data Clean Rooms

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023
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Habu, the Global Innovator in Data Clean Room Software, announces it is bringing Google Cloud’s generative AI capabilities with Google Cloud to help enterprises and their partners implement data clean rooms with greater velocity and scale.

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  • Habu, the Global Innovator in Data Clean Room Software, announces it is bringing Google Cloud’s generative AI capabilities with Google Cloud to help enterprises and their partners implement data clean rooms with greater velocity and scale.
  • Habu’s technology improves business insights by performing three pivotal functions:
    Opportunity Discovery: Generative AI can help users in clean rooms understand what types of insights and outcomes can be derived based on the data available in the clean room.
  • Clean rooms can create meaningful value for businesses in this arena, acting as secure conduits to access partner data without the need for physical data movement.
  • “Generative AI represents an opportunity for businesses to better utilize and derive more value from their data,” said Rodrigo Rocha, Director, Global Partnerships at Google Cloud.

Jasper partners with Google Workspace, Webflow, Make and Zapier to Bring On-Brand AI Content Across the Marketing Stack

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
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AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jasper, the leading AI copilot for marketing teams, today announced partnerships with Google Workspace, Webflow, Zapier, and Make enabling marketers to create on-brand AI-assisted content in the places they work most. The new partnerships come at a time when marketers are eager to leverage AI as part of an omnichannel strategy but are concerned about how to best do so securely and in a way that upholds their brand identity. By integrating Jasper, these platforms can offer on-brand AI securely to their customers.

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  • "We approach partnerships with the goal of making it easier for marketers to bring AI into the fold as a true copilot on their strategy, harnessing the power of brand-specific AI content everywhere they work."
  • Jasper is now available as an add-on in the Google Workspace Marketplace, allowing users to leverage AI to create and improve content directly in Google Docs ( available ) and Google Sheets (coming soon).
  • Users can use Jasper inside Google Workspace to develop content ideas quickly, create variations, repackage content for different formats and audiences, or bring a piece of content into their brand voice and style guide.
  • "Marketers rely on Google Workspace for all aspects of operations, from brainstorming to drafting content," says Ava Malla, Director, Global Partnerships at Google Workspace.

Plainsight Partners with Google Cloud to Combine Generative AI and Computer Vision to Empower Enterprises with Unprecedented Operational Awareness

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Thursday, August 24, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Plainsight, the leader in proven vision AI, announced today its collaboration with Google Cloud to bring better visibility and operational insights to enterprise customers with ground-breaking generative vision AI solutions. By leveraging Google Cloud generative AI and Large Language Model (LLM) capabilities, Plainsight is accelerating computer vision initiatives and providing businesses with acute operational awareness of spaces, activities, productivity, and processes through LLM-optimized models trained for maximum performance, and expansive insights.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Plainsight, the leader in proven vision AI, announced today its collaboration with Google Cloud to bring better visibility and operational insights to enterprise customers with ground-breaking generative vision AI solutions.
  • By leveraging Google Cloud generative AI and Large Language Model (LLM) capabilities, Plainsight is accelerating computer vision initiatives and providing businesses with acute operational awareness of spaces, activities, productivity, and processes through LLM-optimized models trained for maximum performance, and expansive insights.
  • Plainsight is partnering with Google Cloud to help tech leaders more quickly and easily achieve efficiency and cost-saving benefits with solutions that combine computer vision and generative AI to automate processes, reduce risk, enhance product quality, and increase revenue.
  • Built on Google Cloud, Plainsight's vision AI platform is available via the Google Cloud Marketplace and tightly integrates with an array of Google Cloud services and offers flexibility for customer deployment at the edge, in Google Cloud customers' private tenant, or in Plainsight's Google Cloud multi-tenant environment.

AI Verify: Singapore’s AI Governance Testing Initiative Explained

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Monday, June 19, 2023
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Government of Canada invests in responsible artificial intelligence research at the Université de Montréal

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Friday, June 9, 2023
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Canada was closely involved in the launch of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, through which the 29 member governments work collectively to orient AI technologies toward shared values.

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  • Canada was closely involved in the launch of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, through which the 29 member governments work collectively to orient AI technologies toward shared values.
  • Through the Canada First Research Excellence Fund, our government is proud to move even further ahead by investing $124 million into responsible artificial intelligence research.
  • – The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
    "The Université de Montréal is home to ground-breaking research that is key to transforming the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence.
  • Created in 2014, the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) supports Canadian post-secondary institutions in their efforts to become global research leaders.

Blockgraph Announces Launch of GraphPort, Enabling Companies Without First-Party Identity Data to Achieve Accurate Data Matching and Targeting for All TV Advertising

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Thursday, June 8, 2023
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GraphPort will allow all companies — including those without first-party identity data — to take advantage of Blockgraph’s fast, effective, and deterministic identity matching for total TV advertising.

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  • GraphPort will allow all companies — including those without first-party identity data — to take advantage of Blockgraph’s fast, effective, and deterministic identity matching for total TV advertising.
  • “Effective, relevant and privacy-safe advertising is the goal of both brands and consumers, but the existing technology ecosystem for identity matching makes it expensive and time-consuming to achieve this goal,” said Jason Manningham, CEO of Blockgraph.
  • “Until now, advertisers without their own first-party identity data couldn’t easily target households across distinct data and clean room platforms.
  • As a result, partners can maintain control of their identity data and deploy it more effectively and efficiently.