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Who Says Accountants Are Boring? Well, basically everyone. But to be fair, in an increasingly complex world, having skills with money, data, fraud, and regulation is probably a good way to set yourself up with a job for life, and that in itself probably sounds pretty exciting to a lot of people. And now, thanks to Canada's MindBridge AI, there’s more good news on the horizon. To get all the show l...

Canada’s Chief Information Officer is probably not what you expect. It’s not just in the passion for what he does, which is obvious, but the disarmingly direct way that he handles the tough questions associated with the development of Canada’s AI sector. Tune in to this episode to learn about innovation inside Canada’s Federal Government and to get a fascinating glimpse into the mind of one of the...

Our conversation with Ozge Yeloglu, Lead Data Scientist at Microsoft Canada Ozge Yeloglu has had to work hard to get to where she is today. In 1999, when she began her computer science degree, she still didn’t own a computer (or even know what a floppy disk was), but she persevered. Tune in to this episode as host Jaxson Khan (Nudge AI) learns more about Ozge's fascinating journey from a child in...

In this first episode of our second series of the Ask AI podcast, we feature an in-depth discussion with Dr. Wendy Cukier, Director of the Diversity Institute at Ryerson University, and Mark Patterson, Executive Director of Magnet, the employment marketplace. Tune in to this episode as host Jaxson Khan (Nudge AI) dives into some of the most pressing issues surrounding diversity, artificial intelli...

There’s no question that Microsoft is very much in the thick of the AI scene in Canada. But exactly what does the involvement of the tech giants represent to the development of AI in Canada? Are they potential roadblocks to innovation or essential supporters to research labs and startups? Tune in as Gladstone Grant, the National Director of Sales Solutions at Microsoft Technology Centres, makes th...

Canada's Michael Karlin has taken a novel community approach to AI policy development which has done a great deal to widen the public debate on how AI can (and should) be used. Tune in to this episode and hear the fascinating story of how Michael started with a simple Google Doc in order to tackle one the biggest policy and ethical issues of our time! Visit our episode post to get all the show lin...

What would you do with $125 million and a mandate to advance artificial intelligence research and policy in Canada? This episode of the Ask AI podcast features an in depth interview with Dr. Elissa Strome of the Canadian Institute For Advanced Research. Visit our episode post to get all the show links: https://www.askai.org/post/what-is-the-pan-canadian-artificial-intelligence-strategy

The media is having a field day with stories, both good and bad, about artificial intelligence and its potential impact on humanity. But who is covering that coverage? This episode of the Ask AI podcast features an interview with Andrey Kurenkov, a founder of the Skynet Today blog. Tune in and hear about Andrey’s work to dispel and correct the misunderstandings and myths within AI, get his views o...

This episode of the Ask AI podcast features an interview with Veronica Malinski, co-founder of Aerialytic, a Toronto startup (and Next Canada program graduate) that’s using artificial intelligence and augmented reality to increase the adoption of residential solar energy. Visit our episode post to get all the show links: https://www.askai.org/post/can-machine-learning-help-to-boost-residential-sol...

This episode of the Ask AI podcast features an fascinating look at how AI technologies are impacting the legal profession, societal governance, and the delivery justice with Ben Alarie, CEO and co-founder of Blue J Legal, the Toronto-based machine learning company focused on legal research. Co-hosts Jaxson Khan and Heather Evans lead this lively discussion with one of Canada’s leading legal minds...

The second episode of the Ask AI Podcast features an in-depth interview with Roy Pereira, CEO and founder of Zoom. Ai, the Toronto-based “chat first” virtual assistant for enterprise. Co-hosts Jaxson Khan (Nudge.ai) and Heather Evans (Government of Ontario) dig into the issues with serial entrepreneur Roy, including how to compete in enterprise software, what it really means to be “conversational”...

Coming Soon! The Ask AI podcast is your window into Canada’s fast-moving artificial intelligence sector. Co-hosts and industry insiders Heather Evans (Ontario Ministry of Economic Development) and Jaxson Khan (Nudge AI) provide a lively and thoughtful review of this generational technology with news, interviews, field reports, and listener questions. Get a sense of what's coming with this teaser e...

What is bias? What is explainability? What are the REAL issues that we need to figure out first before scaling up this ground-breaking technology? Check out this awesome Ask AI interview with Kathryn Hume, AI Lead at Integrate AI. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/what-is-artificial-intelligence-with-kathryn-hume