Champagne Maintains Canada’s Approach to AI Is ‘Ahead of the Curve’

Champagne Maintains Canada’s Approach to AI Is ‘Ahead of the Curve’
Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois-Philippe Champagne responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on November 30, 2020. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Canada’s industry minister says he thinks the country is “ahead of the curve” with its approach to artificial intelligence, beating even the European Union.

“Canada is likely to be the first country in the world to have a digital charter where we’re going to have a chapter on responsible AI because we want AI to happen here,” François-Philippe Champagnesaid at the Collision tech conference in Toronto on Wednesday.