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Lucy Hargreaves discusses Canada's AI strategy and the need for the country to transition from being users to builders of AI technology.

The release of the government’s AI strategy has sparked a wide range of reactions and a flurry of additional legislative initiatives. While the legislative side is being fleshed out, the debate over the broader strategy remains, including whether it features sufficient safeguards and enough ambition. To address the latter issue, Lucy Hargreaves, the Co-Founder and CEO of Build Canada, joins the Law Bytes podcast to assess the strategy, some of the remaining challenges, and discuss how Canada can “work to build AI companies the world can’t live without.”

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Host: Michael Geist

Guest: Lucy Hargreaves

Topics covered

• AI strategy
• Canada
• legislation
• technology
• business development

Keywords

• AI strategy
• Canada
• Lucy Hargreaves
• Build Canada
• legislation
• technology
• business

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Organizations: Build Canada, Canada, Law Bytes, government

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