The AI North Brief

Send us Fan Mail Canada wants digital sovereignty. OpenAI says it wants to help. But is that a contradiction in terms? In this episode, we unpack the tension at the heart of Canadian AI policy. OpenAI's Chris Lehane came to Toronto pitching partnership, warning Canada not to become "the Maine of AI." Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mark Carney has committed billions to a sovereign Canadia...

Send us Fan Mail NVIDIA's Jensen Huang announces the Rubin platform at CES 2026, promising a tenfold reduction in AI token costs — just as Canada rolls out its $2.4 billion sovereign compute strategy. We break down the federal government's $42.5 million investment in the University of Toronto's SciNet supercomputer, Minister Evan Solomon's response to the global X and Grok deep...

Send us Fan Mail Summary: As we enter 2026, Canada finds itself in a "legislative suspended animation." A full year after the collapse of Bill C-27, the federal regulatory landscape remains a blank slate—but the provinces and the watchdogs aren't waiting. In the debut episode of AI North , Paul Karwatsky deep-dives into the "Great Canadian AI Reset." We explore Minister Ev...