Tag: AI research
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India-Canada-Australia Forge Tech Alliance: Modi, Carney, and Albanese Unveil Tri‑Nation Partnership
Historic trilateral tech alliance announced at the G20 In a remarkable display of regional cooperation, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a new trilateral partnership focused on technology and innovation. The announcement occurred on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg, underscoring…
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Canada’s research spending falls behind global peers, report finds
Canada’s research funding declines relative to global peers A new analysis of science and research spending highlights a slowing trajectory for Canada’s research investment. The report shows that Canada’s total spending on research and development (R&D) has not kept pace with several peer nations, raising questions about the country’s ability to sustain innovation, attract top…
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Canada’s research spend trail: funding declines and the AI milestone that highlighted it
Canada’s research funding in a changing global landscape Canada is facing a notable shift in its research and development (R&D) landscape. A growing chorus from policymakers, academics, and industry leaders suggests that Canada’s share of national spending on science and innovation is lagging behind several peer nations. While countries around the world push to accelerate…
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Google NotebookLM Adds Deep Research and Extended File Type Support to Supercharge AI Note-Taking
Google’s NotebookLM Uplifts Research with Deep Research Google is expanding NotebookLM, its AI-powered note-taking and research assistant, with a new feature called Deep Research. Designed to automate and streamline the most time-consuming parts of scholarly work, the update aims to turn scattered notes, web clippings, and source data into a cohesive, searchable research dossier. As…
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MIT researchers teach AI to locate personalized objects in scenes
Overview: Beyond general recognition Vision-language models (VLMs) blend visual understanding with language processing, enabling them to recognize broad categories like “dog” or “car.” But users increasingly want these systems to locate a specific, personalized object—think your French bulldog Bowser or a child’s backpack—across different moments in time. A team from MIT and the MIT-IBM Watson…
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How MIT’s New Method Teaches AI to Find Personalized Objects in Video Context
Overview: Teaching AI to Localize Personalized Objects Vision-language models (VLMs) like GPT-5 have made strides in recognizing general objects in complex scenes. However, researchers at MIT and the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab identified a critical gap: these models struggle to locate personalized objects across time and varied contexts, such as a specific pet or a…