By tapping into the emotions surrounding her 2018 Coachella performance, the singer became a dominant discussion point for this year’s festival—without being on the lineup herself.
Read MoreLast Tuesday, McGill University hosted the second annual Montreal AI Symposium, which sought to bring together the worlds of academia and business to continue to build the city’s AI ecosystem.
Read how Montreal is shaping up to be the primary driver on the road to building out socially-responsible AI.
Read MoreJust over a month ago, we set out to compare male and female nominees for the category of Best New Artist at the BET Awards in a way that was objective, accessible, easy to navigate and visually appealing. In addition to making an objective prediction for who the winner should be based on publicly available data, we analyzed the gender discrepancy among both nominees and winners for the category since the award show’s inception.
Read here about some of our key learnings and takeaways.
Read MoreThursday, June 14th, concluded the 4-day International Forum of the Americas in Montreal, self-described as “committed to heightening knowledge and awareness of the major issues concerning economic globalization, with a particular emphasis on the relations between the Americas and other continents.” The Forum hosted over 4000 participants and more than 200 speakers, and took place on the heels of this year’s G7 summit in Charlevoix, Quebec.
While technological disruption from artificial intelligence underlay the majority of the forum’s conversations, it was heartening to listen to experts at the top of the field focus on the ethical implications thereof and the importance of the responsible development of AI.
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