Canada

2026-10-30

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · Cohere

Cohere commits C$4B+ to Canada, plans 1,500+ jobs by 2031

Cohere announced it will invest more than C$4 billion in R&D and AI infrastructure in Canada between 2024 and 2031 and expects to grow its Canada-based workforce by over 1,500 roles (around 1,000 technical positions). The plan includes a C$309 million GPU cloud partnership with Bell AI Fabric, university collaborations (University of Toronto, University of Waterloo) and more than 250 paid student roles by 2029 to strengthen domestic AI research, talent and commercialization.

8.0

2026-10-28

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · Google

Google expands 'Ads in AI Mode' to 10 countries and launches multiturn ads in the U.S.

Google is rolling out Ads in AI Mode to Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Singapore, with plans to add Brazil, Mexico, and the UK in Q4 2026. It is also launching multiturn ads in the U.S.; ads in AI Mode will be labeled “Sponsored” and Google reports users find them relevant with longer, more conversational queries.

6.0

2026-10-27

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · The Verge AI

Firefox’s Smart Window adds AI form-filling from open tabs and webpage 'watch' feature

Mozilla updated Firefox’s Smart Window with two features: an AI-assisted form-filling option that can pull text from your open tabs (you choose which tabs to use) and a '/watch' webpage-monitoring task that checks specified pages for changes on a daily or weekly basis while the browser is open. Generated suggestions are produced by Google’s Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite model; the features currently support text fields (dropdowns and PDFs are planned) and are rolling out to the Smart Window beta in the US and Canada.

5.0

2026-10-26

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · The Verge AI

Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to up to 60,000 employees

Microsoft is offering voluntary exit buyouts to up to 60,000 employees across the US, UK, Canada and India. Internal messages and sources say the program covers staff across many groups — including AI teams such as Copilot and CoreAI — while some business units (marketing, security, certain commercial teams) are not participating.

8.0

2026-10-20

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · Google

Google to expand Financial Services Verification to U.S. and Canada in early 2027

Google announced it will bring its Financial Services Verification program to the United States and Canada in early 2027, expanding a program that already protects approximately 2 billion internet users across 42 countries. The policy requires advertisers to prove authorization by relevant regulators or recognized registries for certain financial ads, and Google says its systems (helped by Gemini in 2025) blocked over 99% of policy-violating ads before serving; Google is coordinating with the American Bankers Association and Canadian Bankers Association and will publish country-specific onboarding details ahead of rollout.

7.0

2026-10-05

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · Cohere

PwC and Cohere form global alliance to deploy Cohere's North for secure enterprise AI, launching in Canada

PwC and Cohere announced a global alliance, launching first in Canada, to help organizations deploy Cohere’s North — a secure agentic AI platform — and turn AI investments into measurable business value. The collaboration pairs Cohere’s enterprise models, search and retrieval capabilities, and deployment options (private cloud, on‑premises, air‑gapped) with PwC’s industry, risk, regulatory, technology, and transformation expertise to identify use cases, connect AI to trusted enterprise data and systems, and establish governance for scaled, responsible deployment.

7.0

2026-09-23

OTHER · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Gallup/Microsoft survey: many daily US AI users say they are worried about AI

A Gallup survey commissioned by Microsoft across 37 countries (about 1,000 respondents per country, polled between April and July) finds that about 68% of Americans who use AI daily are worried about the technology, and the U.S. leads broader anxiety measures with 74% expressing worry. The report also shows regional variation — respondents in Singapore and China are more optimistic — and overall suggests widespread curiosity about AI despite significant concerns about accuracy and societal impacts.

6.0

2026-09-17

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Pinterest debuts Restyle beta — an AI tool to visualize home redecorating in your own photos

Pinterest is launching Restyle in beta in the U.S. and Canada, a consumer feature powered by Pinterest Intelligence that lets users upload a photo of a room and use AI to add, swap, erase, or restyle furniture, decor, lighting and finishes. Pinterest says Pinterest Intelligence runs on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs and Dynamo together with open-source models and Pinterest-built tech; Restyle was teased at the Pinterest Presents event and will roll out more broadly next month.

6.0

2026-09-16

REGULATION · 1 SOURCE · The Decoder

Von der Leyen warns of AI agents 'escaping' environments, invites frontier labs to EU talks

In her 2026 State of the Union address, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called AI foundational to the economy and security, warned that models could enable unprecedented hacking and that AI agents 'escaping their environment' are a preview of risks, citing the Hugging Face incident. She said the EU will work with Canada, the UK and other partners on model evaluation, verification and safety, invite major frontier labs to talks, and stressed the AI Act is crucial to put guardrails in place.

7.0

2026-09-16

STARTUPS · 1 SOURCE · Cohere

Cohere and University of Waterloo to launch AI Transformation and Change Management certificate in Fall 2026

Cohere and the University of Waterloo announced a partnership to develop a non-credit AI Transformation and Change Management certificate led by Waterloo’s Future of Work Institute, launching Fall 2026. The program will combine classroom learning, applied co-op projects and a living lab to give students hands-on experience helping organizations identify, prioritize and implement practical, responsible AI use cases.

5.0