PODCAST: How can Canada develop AI policy for creatives?

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This episode discusses Canada's AI policy for creatives and introduces a new AI art exhibition.

Happy Canada Day! Please enjoy this special video episode of THE GRAIN Podcast, featuring my grains of thought about how Ottawa can build a new creative economy now that Evan Solomon has taken the office of Minister of AI and Digital Innovation. Plus, I introduce THE MEMORY MACHINE, my new AI art exhibition and speaker series. Links to the articles I mention… * Canada’s AI Opportunity with Minister of Artificial Intelligence Evan Solomon [RBC Disruptors podcast] * Liberals won’t reintroduce old AI law but will address copyright issues [The Logic] * Kate Armstrong recaps a panel on AI and the arts with OCAD University in Toronto [Substack] * Report on Geoffrey Hinton’s debate in Toronto with Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst [BetaKit] * Nick Frosst tells Geoffrey Hinton why he doesn’t use LLMs to write poetry [@thegrain.ai/TikTok] Listen now, like, comment, and share THE GRAIN to join the conversation at the edge of AI and creativity. Stay tuned for my grains of thought in the newsletter , for news and insights on how AI is impacting the creative industry worldwide. Read more about THE GRAIN at thegrain.ai and get in touch with me at ronit@thegrain.ai . You can also follow me on…

People in this episode

Host: Ronit Novak

Topics covered

• AI policy
• creative economy
• Canada
• AI art
• digital innovation
• creativity
• technology

Keywords

• AI policy
• creative economy
• Evan Solomon
• AI art exhibition
• digital innovation
• creativity
• Canada

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RBC Disruptors, The Logic, OCAD University, BetaKit

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