August 13, 2025
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#1210 Evan Almighty: Our A.I. Minister is Glitching
Canada is going all in on AI, but what is the plan, exactly?
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher
James Nicholson
Producer
Tristan Capacchione
Audio Editor & Technical Producer
max collins
Director of Audio

Is Evan Solomon a chatbot? Deciphering the Minister of AI’s jargon-filled tech-speak. 

Canada is going all in on AI, but what is the plan, exactly?

Plus, new Trudeau tea and a controversial National Post headline. 

 

Clarification: A previous version of this episode implied that Cohere was both Canadian and American-owned. It is the data centre that is American owned. We regret the error.

 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Ronit Novak

Additional music by Audio Network

 

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