MONTREAL — The Liberal government is setting aside $2.4 billion in the upcoming budget to build capacity in artificial intelligence, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Sunday.
The bulk of that — $2 billion — is going into a fund that will aim to provide access to computing capabilities and technical infrastructure.
Trudeau made the announcement at a Montreal AI firm as part of a pre-budget tour.
He said the government will begin consulting with industry soon on a new AI Compute Access Fund and an accompanying strategy to grow the sector in Canada.
“We want to help companies adopt AI in a way that will have positive impacts for
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