The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence
A curated Canadian edition of IndustrialDay 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
Upstream Works launches Totalix via partner network
The platform will be sold through more than 50 partners from December 1, aiming to cut contact centre changes to same-day tasks for customers.
BDO Canada teams up with ServiceNow on AI governance
Canadian firms struggling to turn AI trials into profit may gain tighter controls as BDO Canada and ServiceNow join forces on governance.
SAP Concur Canada flags grey areas in travel claims
Canadian firms risk slower reimbursements and weaker oversight unless they tighten expense rules around food delivery, lounge access and tips.
Which AI Decisions Should Carry a Human Signature?
A missed safeguard can turn an automated campaign into a customer backlash, and one coupon error shows why humans must sign off on risky AI calls.
Upstream Works launches Totalix contact centre platform
The platform promises same-day changes and fixed per-agent pricing as Upstream Works shifts to partners for wider distribution.
Canadian workers say AI adds friction, Ricoh finds
Most Canadian staff say workplace AI is adding friction, even as 86% of decision-makers believe their investments are paying off.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Artificial Intelligence
Gartner flags 10 tech trends for 2027 as AI governance
Infrastructure Flexibility Becomes A Competitive Advantage As Uncertainty Mounts
Kantata launches AI business intelligence for services
Yooz launches agentic AI for non-PO invoice coding
Cloudinary named Gartner Leader in digital asset management
Featured News
Oracle brings Fusion Claw to agentic supply chain management
Oracle is aiming to help manufacturers cut tariff exposure and freight costs with new agentic supply chain apps that simulate scarce resources and margins.
Capital One CTO on the drive to expand talent in Canada
Broader project work across Canada and the US is helping Capital One retain engineers amid fierce competition for tech talent.
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.
Reviews
Expert Columns
AI agents will multiply your inference bill. Is your enterprise ready?
Security Learnings from the Open Source Front Line
Digital sovereignty in practice: three examples of balancing control with global reach
Could AI enable successful socialism? Eliminating the fatal flaw
Cyber security now starts at the job interview
Cybersecurity Awareness: The Importance of Getting the Basics Right
From AI That Answers to AI That Acts
When AI Grades Student Work, Who Checks the Feedback?
How Local Agentic AI Is Coming to Business PCs
Address-Anchored Identity: Why Data Quality Is the Missing Link in eIDV
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Artificial Intelligence News
HP appoints ex-GSK chief Emma Walmsley as next CEO
HP has appointed former GSK chief Emma Walmsley as CEO, bringing experience in healthcare, consumer businesses and technology governance to the role.
Hackers abuse trusted AI tools to breach organisations
Attackers are abusing approved AI and admin tools to move through networks in minutes, making traditional trust-based defences far less reliable.
Thoughtworks urges tighter controls as AI agents spread
Companies are being pushed to secure, monitor and budget for AI systems as agents take on longer tasks and strain review processes.
Google brings multimodal BigQuery analytics into GA
Teams can now analyse images, video and documents in BigQuery without moving them out of Cloud Storage, cutting context loss and extra pipelines.
AoFrio marks 40 years with 3.7 million coolers linked
Its software now monitors more than 3.7 million commercial coolers worldwide, underscoring a shift from motors to connected fleet management.
Schneider Electric launches modular AI data centre design
Rising demand for AI computing is pushing operators towards repeatable builds, and Schneider Electric says its new modular design can speed deployments.
BeyondTrust launches AI agent security with new research
The new controls aim to curb AI agents' machine-speed access to company systems as research shows they can trigger thousands of endpoint actions.
Lab 1 warns breach data now exposes thousands more firms
The findings show stolen files can reach far beyond the named victim, with the median breach now exposing data linked to 542 other organisations.
One in five firms hit by shadow AI security incident
Roughly one in five organisations have already suffered a breach tied to unapproved AI connections, as visibility lags behind spending plans.
Propel Software predicts AI will bolster SaaS firms
Concerns that AI will wipe out software-as-a-service providers are easing as firms use it to improve products, workflows and margins.
Google Cloud adds automated spend caps for budgets
Customers managing hundreds of projects can now automate budget controls, with live AI cost reporting and monthly resets reducing manual work.
CFOs face execution gap as accountability outpaces control
New research suggests finance chiefs are being held to account for strategy while lacking the authority to deliver it, with only 55% reporting high control.
Radix launches RUSH LATAM 2026 forum in Rio de Janeiro
The forum will gather industrial leaders in Rio as pressure mounts to turn AI pilots into measurable gains across energy, mining and manufacturing.
PDQ adds live device access tools for Windows, Mac
IT teams can now diagnose problems without hijacking users' screens, as PDQ adds remote shell, live file access and desktop agent deployment.
Study finds AI can use wrong document despite retrieval
Accuracy can still slip when similar records are nearby, leaving AI systems to answer from the wrong source despite finding the right document.
Horváth & SANNOS AI partner on finance control review
Finance teams could spend less time on document checks as the partnership aims to automate evidence review while keeping expert judgement in place.
Sectigo survey shows quantum threat driving PKI change
Most IT and security leaders expect public key infrastructure to need major changes, as 63% worry about harvest now, decrypt later attacks.
LG Electronics lifts profit as vehicle systems surge
Vehicle systems and subscriptions helped offset softer TV demand, as operating profit for the first nine months climbed 55.9 per cent to KRW 4.03 trillion.
Dost launches AskDost AI assistant for finance teams
Finance teams can now query live ERP data in plain English, with every action held for human approval and audit.
Stellantis picks Amperity for unified customer data
The platform will help the carmaker link fragmented records across brands, dealers and service channels to target owners more accurately.
