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Cohere chief executive Aidan Gomez says Canada should assert its sovereignty in the global AI race, while warning that calls for stronger safeguards could undermine the country’s opportunity. He made the case in a CBC interview published on 16 September.

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The CBC’s archived listing also says Gomez is calling for safeguards to protect users if AI models evolve beyond human control. It does not provide enough detail to spell out what measures he supports. That is a national AI-policy pitch, not a blueprint. Canada, it seems, is being asked to find the sweet spot between ambition and guardrails, a familiar balancing act with rather less familiar stakes.

Discuss: Should Canada put AI safeguards ahead of attracting investment and building domestic capability, or can it do both without losing ground?

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