Disruptors

Canada's AI Potential

Disruptors

Show Notes

Two kinds of uncertainty met in Toronto this week: one in the bond market, one around AI. At the Milken Institute's Global Dialogues Toronto, timed to the Canada Investment Summit, AI Minister Evan Solomon, RBC CEO Dave McKay and Cohere co-founder Aidan Gomez discuss who should write the rules for frontier AI, why access to the most advanced tools is uneven, and whether Canada can support a global champion. With Susan Li of Fox Business Network.

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