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Predictive AI tool helps Edmonton organizations decide how to respond to safety challenges

An architect of Unison, a City of Edmonton tool that uses artificial intelligence to map data from safety incident reports to predict where responses will be needed and inform what those responses should be, said that after several years in use, the tool is now coming into its own.

edmonton.taproot.news

 

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Edmonton-made app makes it easier for citizen scientists to count birds

Edmonton-based Punchcard Systems has developed NatureCounts, an app that makes counting birds easier for citizen scientists and helps enhance conservation data collection in the process.

edmonton.taproot.news

 

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A Shared Success: How Amii and the U of A drive Alberta’s AI leadership — Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute

www.amii.ca

 

[MacLac]

Not sure what this means for the Province or for YEG but a deal with an East Indian company……

Prodapt Announces Strategic Expansion in Alberta

Prodapt, a global leader in telecom-native services and AI-driven transformation, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Invest Alberta to expand its operations in the province.

investalberta.ca

 

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Rapid Fire uses AI for Fringe show but also warns audience about bots taking jobs

Rapid Fire Theatre is using artificial intelligence for comedic effect in a show called Plays by Bots, which runs from Aug. 16 to 24 as part of the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival.

edmonton.taproot.news

 

[constance_chlore]

One big piece of AI news is that the international Reinforcement Learning Conference was happening about a month ago at U of A. Besides seeing everyone out on campus, I saw a lot of people from all over the US and Canada posting about it later online. I kind of worry that U of A's AI core / Amii are hitching their reputations to an approach that seems rather fragile to me, but it sure seems to have put us on the map. The so-called Alberta Plan is probably the most prominent piece of RL-maximalist writing out there, next to "Welcome to the Era of Experience" (which was also written by Rich Sutton and a former PhD student of his—so very Albertan).

Only partly related, but the Bio Sci department's new hire in AI/ML for ecology and evolution has either arrived or should be arriving soon.

 

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‘We have to be pragmatists’: federal government invests almost $29M in Edmonton AI

An Edmonton-based artificial intelligence company is now slated to become a player on the global stage for AI advancements as the federal government announces almost $29 million into resources and training for tech.

www.ctvnews.ca

https://twitter.com/x/status/1965525967318945951

 

[MacLac]

And that’s what happens when the PM is a local boy and he holds his Caucus meetings in YEG! All those years of the PM’s and our Premier’s dolling out bucks to other cities. Wouldn’t be surprise if other Fed announcements come out while the meetings are still here.

*EDIT* - doesn’t Smitty and her Merry gang of fools have to “approve” Carney bucks first before we get them?

 

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AI ethicist advises contemplation amid push for data centres

As Alberta rushes to attract $100 billion in data centre investment, one ethicist wants us all — even people outside the artificial intelligence industry — to stop and think about what that means.

edmonton.taproot.news