The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence
A curated Canadian edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Artificial Intelligence (AI).
What to know about Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, reshaping business operations, enhancing customer experiences, and driving innovation across sectors globally and in Australasia. From the surge in AI-driven cybersecurity threats and the adoption of AI in cloud infrastructure to the integration of generative AI in customer service, marketing, and financial sectors, this dynamic field demands close attention.
Experts emphasise the critical role of robust data management and infrastructure in successfully leveraging AI technologies, while organisations face challenges including skill gaps, ethical considerations, and regulatory developments. As AI adoption accelerates, businesses must balance innovation with security, sustainability, and human-centric strategies to thrive in this evolving landscape.
Readers exploring this tag will gain insights into the latest AI trends, practical applications, organisational strategies, technological advancements, and the collaborative efforts shaping the future of AI. Understanding these developments is essential for anyone interested in the impact of artificial intelligence on business, technology, and society.
Canadian Artificial Intelligence News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Kyndryl VP: Canadian firms face barriers to modernising for AI
Kyndryl's Umair Dinarwala says Canadian firms have the ambition to modernise, but budgets, resistance to change and capacity hold them back.
Virtual Hallway launches AI tool for Canadian clinicians
Free access to evidence-based answers could speed decisions for Canadian frontline clinicians as Virtual Hallway widens its specialist network with AI.
Zoho Canada expands vertical approach in municipal government
Zoho Canada's Gary Yorke says municipalities need departments to share a directory and data infrastructure to make AI work for residents.
Tagsight launches AI platform for engineering drawings
Engineers could save hours of manual re-entry as the Calgary firm's software turns P&IDs and PDFs into traceable records now used in 30 countries.
Devolutions launches venture arm for IT software investments
The move gives Devolutions a formal way to back IT tools and managed service providers, with deals so far worth USD $500,000 to USD $3 million.
Generative AI lifts Canadian holiday email orders fourfold
Canadian marketers saw generative AI emails deliver four times the order and conversion rates over the holiday peak, according to Mailchimp data.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Artificial Intelligence
Airrived named leader in IDC MarketScape for AI SOC
Oracle launches Fusion Claw for autonomous business tasks
InfrOS launches tool to adapt cloud infrastructure for AI
Kore.ai launches Autoloop to optimise enterprise AI agents
Haiilo named Challenger in Gartner employee experience
Featured News
Kyndryl VP: Canadian firms face barriers to modernising for AI
Kyndryl's Umair Dinarwala says Canadian firms have the ambition to modernise, but budgets, resistance to change and capacity hold them back.
Zoho Canada expands vertical approach in municipal government
Zoho Canada's Gary Yorke says municipalities need departments to share a directory and data infrastructure to make AI work for residents.
How Harvey AI's next generation deals with Canadian data
Canadian law firms can keep client files walled off, while choosing data storage and processing become key topic for AI in law.
Pick 'n' mix needed for Canada AI infrastructure: NRTH panel
Canada should focus on the AI infrastructure pieces that matter most, executives say, rather than insisting every link in the supply chain be domestic.
Interview: Cloudera says open-ended AI spending is over
Enterprises are now demanding proof of value and tighter controls as AI budgets face scrutiny over compute costs and deployment choices.
Exclusive: ABBYY says AI build costs will drive buying
Enterprises could cut AI spend by up to 80% by shifting document workflows away from custom builds and into standard platforms.
Elevate CEO: Canada at turning point ahead of festival
Toronto's AI talent pool is drawing more U.S. firms, but festival organisers say Canada must now keep its startups from leaving.
Exclusive: ABBYY brings zero-shot document AI to Vantage
Enterprises can now extract data from unseen document types without templates, as ABBYY rolls out zero-shot capabilities in Vantage.
The internet times are a'changing Fastly
Bot traffic is forcing Fastly to adapt its edge cloud tools as publishers and AI firms battle over caching, access and data protection.
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Dell says agentic AI should shift routine tasks below the machine line, freeing staff for expert work while making the role temporary.
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Businesses can avoid costly ERP rip-and-replace projects by layering AI and automation onto existing systems, Rimini Street says.
Grafana Labs launches six AI tools for telemetry & agents
Grafana Labs has launched six AI observability tools during its AI Week, including new capabilities for monitoring and investigating AI agents.
Theorem study: friction between pre-sales and executed media ads
Theorem's new survey finds friction remains the biggest barrier in enterprise pre-sales, despite widespread automation adoption.
Kyndryl Canada head on sovereign strategy in post-Mythos era
Brian Medeiros says frontier AI models like Mythos are driving clients to accelerate security-led modernisation.
Check Point CTO on AI's double-edged sword
AI is shrinking the gap between vulnerability disclosure and real-world exploitation to hours, forcing security teams to adapt fast.
Meet the man behind the Saas-Pocalypse: Emergent's Mukund Jha
The new cash will help Emergent broaden from coding tools into an operating system for small and medium businesses as demand surges.
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Rising AI-driven attacks are compel security buyers to cut vendor sprawl, though Check Point warns over-consolidation can still raise risk.
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Check Point: Hackers are already in. Act accordingly
Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in hours or minutes, leaving many organisations compromised before defenders spot the breach.
Reviews
Expert Columns
Designing for data sovereignty: Building architectures that keep control where it belongs
AI in Retail is Only as Good as its Data Foundation
AI will cost some jobs. Poor change management will cost more
From Clean to Trusted: Rethinking Healthcare Data Quality
Seven Cyber Controls Businesses Can No Longer Afford to Overlook
SOCtoberfest Kickoff: The 7 Deadly Sins of Cybersecurity Meet CISA's Core Steps
Why AI-Written Phishing Is Outpacing the Native Filters Built to Stop It
The next eCommerce interface may not be a screen
In the AI era, channel value is being redefined
Stop saying AI hacked the system
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Artificial Intelligence News
Jabra study finds AI adds work & boosts collaboration
AI is adding tasks for most knowledge workers, while frequent users say it is also lifting collaboration and team connection.
Apple launches HomeView smart home screen with Siri AI
The new device blends smart home controls, FaceTime and personalised apps, while its EU launch is blocked by Siri AI's regional limits.
Xero launches Gemini integration for live financial data
Small businesses and accountants can now check live cash flow, invoices and balances in Gemini without switching apps.
Codenotary launches AgentMon Start for small businesses
The cloud-free tool gives smaller firms visibility into AI agent activity, helping them curb hidden token costs and security risks.
Bloomberg launches Enterprise MCP for AI data access
Financial firms can now give AI agents governed access to Bloomberg data, with context that clarifies currency, pricing and timing.
Phaidra partners Aligned on AI data centre operations
The deployment aims to help operators spot faults earlier and manage denser AI workloads with a single view of infrastructure data.
Thales expands Google Cloud tie-up to secure AI agents
The integration aims to curb prompt injection, data leakage and unauthorised actions as firms shift AI from pilots to critical systems.
Devart adds PostgreSQL debugger & free AI Assistant
Developers using dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL can now debug server-side code in the app, while AI Assistant gets a free Express tier.
FIS launches AI suite for CFO cash flow forecasting
Finance teams can now spot liquidity pressure earlier, as the new suite pulls together data from multiple systems and forecasts cash across time horizons.
Versapay launches AI layer across accounts receivable
Finance teams can now automate more of invoice-to-cash as Versapay extends AI from cash application into collections, payments and ERP links.
Linux Foundation launches OpenGrid for power grid planning
More than 2,500 gigawatts of projects are stuck in connection queues as the open source hub aims to cut grid planning costs and delays.
nCino launches AI suite for mortgage loan officers
The new tools are already in use at Educated Mortgage, as lenders seek to cut manual work and speed up turnaround times.
Thales launches data security tool amid AI access risk
The platform is designed to help firms expose and protect sensitive data as AI assistants and machine identities widen access paths across systems.
Braze launches AI tool to test billion customer mixes
The new software aims to help marketing teams automate customer outreach and campaign checks, reducing reliance on technical staff or manual testing.
Bloomberg launches enterprise MCP for AI data access
Financial firms can now let AI agents pull licensed Bloomberg data through a standardised interface that also supplies the context needed to use it correctly.
Transferra & Wallester warn card programmes need scaling
Payment firms are finding that card programmes take far more operational work to scale than to launch, with extra providers adding integration risk.
Juspay revenue rises 30% to USD $75 million in FY26
Core India operations stayed profitable as the payments firm expanded overseas and pushed into AI, even after a USD $10 million net loss.
Amperity launches Pér AI agent for marketing workflows
The tool aims to cut delays between analysis and campaign action, letting marketers approve AI-suggested steps inside existing systems.
Oobit launches AI payments for stablecoin purchases
Users in more than 75 countries can now approve AI-made purchases without handing assistants ongoing access to funds or card details.
Microsoft unveils Maia 300 for 2027 AI deployments
The new chip is meant to lift Microsoft's AI services, with Maia 300 set for production deployments in 2027 and wider roll-out plans from then.
