Anthropic commits C$10 million to Canadian AI research
Anthropic will provide C$10 million to Canadian research institutions to support further work on useful and responsible AI. Canada helped build several foundations of modern AI.
The University of Toronto and Université de Montréal kept research alive when the field faced broad doubt, while researchers at the University of Alberta did early leading work on . In the early 2010s, Canadian institutions helped show that could work at a large scale when paired with stronger computing , especially general-purpose GPUs.
Canadian researchers continue to work across AI research, safety, and policy, including inside Anthropic. The company is also releasing its first Canada country brief from the Anthropic , offering a of how people in Canada use Claude.
Key points
- Anthropic is C$10 million to Canadian research institutions.
- The funding will support useful and responsible AI research.
- The University of Toronto and Université de Montréal were important early centers for research.
- University of Alberta researchers did pioneering work on .
- Anthropic is also releasing its first report on how people in Canada use Claude.