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- Budget cutting ✂️ — Six weeks to cut $15 billion. Dental bills sharpen their teeth. You’ve heard of Mambo No. 5, but what about Indictment No. 4?
Wednesday, August 16th 2023
With a new mandate to cut billions in federal spending, cabinet members might have to skip the icebreakers and head straight to the whiteboard at their team retreat next week. You can now add ‘higher prices’ to the list of reasons to put off your next visit to the dentist, alongside ‘awkward small talk’ and ‘pointy tools.’ We regret to inform you that it’s finally time to talk about Donald Trump’s legal troubles. Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
- Student housing ? — New AI rules on the way in Canada. Stepping up for the student housing crisis. Why are Nova Scotian waters glowing pink?
Tuesday, August 15th 2023
Nearly nine months after the release of ChatGPT, Canada is progressing toward increasing safety and transparency around generative AI. With rents hitting record highs and the school year incoming, start-ups are helping students find rooms where they can live, study, and hang posters of Quentin Tarantino movies. Waters in Nova Scotia were glowing pink last Thursday, and no, it wasn’t a viral marketing stunt for Pepto-Bismol or an alien menace that crash-landed into the sea. Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
- AI love ❤️ — AI is trying to win your heart. The question vexing economists: Why did inflation fall? The record-breaking business of Guinness World Records
Monday, August 14th 2023
Nothing quite says romance in the year 2023 like sending sweet nothings to an AI chatbot. In the past month, Canadians have broken Guinness World Records for the deepest underwater model photoshoot (6.4 metres), most pancakes served in eight hours (17,182 flapjacks) and, most impressively, the largest dinosaur costume dance party (1,187 costumed dinos). The US is stepping up its effort to cripple China’s advanced high-tech sectors. Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
- Hunt for T-Swift tickets ? — My kingdom for a T-Swift ticket. Hacking contest aims to fix holes in AI models. US escalates tech war with China.
Friday, August 11th 2023
Good luck, indeed. As we enter the final day of ticket sales for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour shows in Toronto, we wish luck to anyone trying to snag a ticket… but also caution you not to get your hopes up. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas… unless it's at this weekend’s AI hacking competition in the City of Sin. The US is stepping up its effort to cripple China’s advanced high-tech sectors. Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
- AI music ? — A pipeline’s debt debacle. Record labels seek deal on AI-generated music. China’s topsy-turvy pricing problem.
Thursday, August 10th 2023
Whom amongst us hasn’t spent a little too much on something we really wanted? The federal government certainly has on its newest pipeline. If you’ve ever wanted to hear Iron Maiden sing Taylor Swift’s “Shake it off,” you may soon be in luck. While here in Canada we contend with eye-popping price increases, on the other side of the world, people in China are facing a different pricing problem: Deflation. Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO