It was a hugely disruptive communications technology that broke the grip of elites and allowed the masses access to information that had been tightly controlled.
The raw resource of artificial intelligence is text and data mining, which scrapes vast amounts of information from across the internet. That information is in turn the foundation of generative artificial intelligence, including large language models that create a human-like response to queries. On the other hand, overly onerous Canadian restrictions could smother AI innovation, and allow other jurisdictions to capture the benefits of this revolutionary technology.Is there a way to constrain the power of AI to protect copyright, and content creators? Ottawa is in the midst of aOne of the biggest questions is whether there should be copyright carve-outs for text and data mining.