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Time out ⏰- OpenAI pauses training for its new models, China has cracked the 5-minute EV charger.

OpenAI has paused training on its most powerful models as it and Anthropic investigate tens of thousands of incidents involving rogue agents bypassing safeguards, escapin

We’ll take it from here 👐- AI giants link up to regulate each other, Empire agrees to end property controls.

Three of the world’s biggest AI companies are forming their own safety group to set standards for frontier models, as a string of rogue-agent hacking incidents raises pre

Vouch for me 👍- LinkedIn rolls out features to fight fake profiles, Cineplex gets a new CEO.

LinkedIn is rolling out new tools to crack down on fake identities, bogus work histories, and invented credentials, including a feature that lets former colleagues and cl

High gear ⚙️- BlackBerry runs the auto software game, Helping companies break into defence.

BlackBerry’s comeback is shifting into high gear with a landmark US$100 million-plus deal for its new automotive software, a bet that the former smartphone giant can turn

Meet me in the middle 📍- Carney pushes his middle powers pitch, Greek discount chain comes to Canada.

Canada is rallying middle powers and developing countries around a new coalition aimed at strengthening cooperation on security, trade, AI, and global challenges — the la

Rock and roll 🤘- Newfoundland draws Hollywood productions, Parliament is back in action.

Newfoundland’s film and television industry is booming as Netflix’s Below becomes the latest Hollywood production to shoot in the province, bringing jobs, local spending,

📈 Mr. Carney goes to Strasbourg

Mark Carney lays out a bold vision for a new Canada–EU alliance — from seamless digital trade and critical minerals cooperation to shared AI safety protocols and sovereig

📈 Get it together

Canada’s AI champion Cohere moves to scale up and stake its claim in “sovereign AI” by finalizing merger terms with Germany’s Aleph Alpha — a deal that could reshape the

📈 Super → Mega

In today’s episode of The Peak Daily, Jay breaks down Ottawa’s new “Productivity Mega Deduction” and what it could mean for major projects like pipelines, mines, data cen

Appetizers are served 🍤- The Investment Summit Gets Underway, Controlling AI

The first day of Canada’s Investment Summit brought a wave of new commitments from banks, investors, and businesses, offering early signs that Ottawa’s push to unlock as

Taking it slow 🐢- AI companies hit the pause button, Carney’s investment summit kicks off.

AI’s biggest companies are pledging to slow the development of frontier models and open their systems to independent evaluators, an unprecedented attempt to keep increasi

Order in the court 👩‍⚖️ - Canada’s courts want to stop throwing out cases, AI doomsday fears grow.

Canada’s Supreme Court is weighing whether judges can use alternative remedies instead of throwing out criminal cases when trials take too long, a change that could preve

Alarm bells 🔔 - Ex-Anthropic employee gives grave AI warning, BMO comes for challenger banks.

Anthropic researchers are warning that frontier AI systems could pose an existential threat within the next decade, as concerns grow that models are nearing the ability t

Keep your friends close 🇪🇺 - Canada and the EU deepen ties, Standardized test scores take an alarming dip.

Canada and the European Union are reportedly preparing a far-reaching new partnership designed to bring them as close as legally possible without Canada joining the bloc,

Choo choo 🛤️ - Via Rail is getting a makeover, Canada looks into Indian snack warehouse raids.

Ottawa is spending $4.7 billion on 313 new Via Rail passenger cars, part of a major fleet overhaul aimed at improving reliability and comfort — though freight-train prior

Trauma bond 📉 - Bond market troubles continue, Ontario fines SeatGeek under new ticket law.

Global bond yields are surging as investors worry about inflation, government debt, and the war in Iran, raising questions about whether bonds can still play their tradit

Spineless 📚 - AI companies are destroying old books, Apple-OpenAI spat heats up.

Canadian used booksellers are seeing suspicious bulk orders that may be tied to AI companies buying, scanning, and destroying old books for training data, as the industry

John Apple 🍏 - Apple’s new CEO takes the reins, Canada struggles to get its defence bank going.

John Ternus is taking over as Apple CEO after Tim Cook’s 15-year run, inheriting pressure to restore the company’s reputation for breakthrough innovation as it falls behi

Unforced errors 🎾 - Tennis players want a bigger cut, rogue AI agents sound alarms.

The U.S. Open is set to bring in as much as US$800 million, but tennis players receive less than 15% of tournament revenue — far below athletes in major team sports — fue

Big brains 🧠 - Canadian universities poach A-list academics, Nvidia is buying Hugging Face.

Canada is luring dozens of world-leading researchers away from prestigious U.S. institutions with more than $500 million in funding, a talent grab that could help reverse