Robots from Chinese company Lens at the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing in June 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Cyber attacks? Bioterrorism? To ‘Pace the Frontier’ of AI effectively, we must improve our anticipatory thinking

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei argues for slowing the pace of AI development globally. We must use this time to learn how to anticipate, and test for, future threats.
Anthropic co-founder and President Daniela Amodei, left, speaks with Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy at the Snowflake Summit on AI in business, June 1, 2026, in San Francisco. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Sovereign AI? Anthropic shutdown reveals Canada’s weakness

Canada is now investing billions to strengthen domestic AI capacity. But sovereignty is not simply about where the servers sit.
Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon arrives for a meeting of the federal cabinet on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on June 2, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Canada’s ‘AI for All’ strategy has ambitious growth targets, but it falls short on workers and the environment

Delivering on Ottawa’s AI for All strategy will require governments to build wraparound supports for workers, businesses and communities.
AI can democratize access to learning, knowledge and even justice. Yet without ethical guardrails, proper training, expertise and basic literacy, the very tools designed to empower people can just as easily undermine trust and backfire. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

We can’t ban AI, but we can build the guardrails to prevent it from going off the tracks

Generative AI may appear to offer a shortcut, but without verification and expertise, it can easily mislead users.
Des étiquettes plus « douces » permettent aux institutions d’afficher un engagement public en faveur de l’inclusion tout en réduisant discrètement les politiques, la transparence des données et les mécanismes de responsabilité qui définissent le véritable travail en matière d’équité. (Unsplash+)

Quand « équité » devient « appartenance » : un recul déguisé de l’EDI

Cette année, le recul des politiques EDI a pris une nouvelle forme : on assiste à un réétiquetage du terme « équité » au profit de mots moins clivants.
La peur de l’IA est compréhensible. Comme toute innovation majeure, elle provoque un réflexe d’inquiétude, surtout lorsqu’il s’agit de technologies capables d’automatiser des tâches cognitives. (Unsplash)

Faire de l’IA une force de progrès plutôt qu’une menace

L’IA est en train de transformer notre monde. Plutôt que de la redouter, il est temps de l’intégrer stratégiquement pour en faire un moteur d’innovation et d’opportunités.
Softer labels can allow institutions to present a public commitment to inclusion while quietly rolling back the policies, data transparency and accountability mechanisms that define real equity work. (Unsplash+)

Rebranding equity as ‘belonging’ won’t advance justice — it’s DEI rollback in disguise

This year, DEI rollbacks have taken on a new form: the rebranding of ‘equity’ with softer, less contentious terms like ‘belonging’ or ‘community.’

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