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Tune in to this Ask AI check-in as host Carolyne Pelletier meets David MacLaren, CEO and Founder of MediaValet to ask the question: How is AI being used to extend the impact of Dr. Jane Goodall's research? Watch the video and get all the links from the episode post.

Catch the Ask AI interview with Stephany Lapierre, CEO and founder of Tealbook, the supplier data foundation that uses AI and ML to enable supply-side innovation and power e-procurement tech stacks.   Get all the links from our episode post

Catch the Ask AI interview with Amit Deshwar, VP and Head of Predictive Systems at Deep Genomics, the AI Workbench used to prioritize transformational RNA therapeutics for genetic diseases. Get all the links from our episode post

Catch the Ask AI interview with Liran Belenzon, co-founder & CEO of BenchSci, the AI-assisted application accelerating science at 16 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies and over 4,500 research centers worldwide. Visit our episode post to get all the links.

Tune in to this Ask AI interview as our host Melissa Kargianakkis meets Monish Gandhi, Founder & CEO of Gradient Ascent AI, to ask the question: Why are all businesses destined to become AI businesses? Visit our episode post to get all the links

Catch this Ask AI interview with Arooj Ahmed Qureshi, Data Scientist at EnPowered, the Waterloo-based energy payment platform that predicts spikes in electricity prices, allowing customers to shift usage to save on average 48% on electricity costs while also reducing emissions.  Click here to get all the links and stream the video from our episode post.

Catch this Ask AI team check-in with Yves Daoust, Founder and CTO at Winter Farm who were awarded $2.9M to use AI/ML to optimize greenhouse-based food production.  Click here to get all the links and stream the video from our episode post.

Catch this Team Check-in with Greg Johnston, President of Carl Data Solutions, the Vancouver-based predictive analytics startup that recently signed an environmental monitoring deal with Los Angeles Sanitation Districts, a utility that serves over 5.6 million people.  Get all the links and steam the video version from our episode post:   https://www.askai.org/post/e41-how-is-ai-powering-environmental-monitoring-in-major-cities

Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast as our host Melissa Kargiannakis sits down with Dr. Alona Fyshe, Assistant Professor at University of Alberta to ask the question: How can brain activity improve how we teach computers to talk? Click here to get all the links from our episode post.

Catch this Team Check-in with Ivan Zhang, co-founder at Cohere, the Toronto NLP startup that recently raised $125M in its Series B round and hired an AI leader from Apple to head up its new office in Palo Alto. Get all the links and download as a podcast from our episode post:   https://www.askai.org/post/e39-how-is-cohere-building-a-global-nlp-powerhouse

The first stethoscope was invented in 1819 by the French physician R.T.H. Laënnec who in described the use of a "perforated wooden cylinder" to transmit sounds from the patient’s chest to the physician’s ear.    Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast as host Melissa Kargianakkis sits down with Dr. Jacob Jaremko, University of Alberta professor, Canada CIFAR AI Chair, and Co-founder, Medo.ai to ask:  How is artificial intelligence helping to create a stethoscope for the 21st century?   Click here to get all the links and download as a podcast

Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast as host Jaxson Khan sits down with Dr. Samuel Aparicio, the Chair in Breast Cancer Research at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Head of the BC Cancer Research Institute Department of Breast and Molecular Oncology to ask the question:  How can AI be used to help predict breast cancer? Get all the links from our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/e37-how-is-ai-being-used-to-help-predict-breast-cancer Farewell, Jaxson! This is an especially poignant show because it's also Jaxson Khan's farewell interview with the Ask AI podcast.  We cannot thank Jax enough for inspiring this podcast and being such an awesome and generous volunteer at our show. He has been a passionate supporter of Canada's Artificial Intelligence sector for many years and we wish him nothing but the best of luck in the future! We'll miss you lots Jax, please stay in touch!

Medical device manufacturers are now using AI to innovate their products to better assist healthcare providers and improve patient care. But clearly there are risks to be overcome. Tune in to this episode as our Team Check-In host Carolyne Pelletier sits dow with David Boudreau, Director General of Medical Devices at Health Canada to ask the question: How can AI-augmented medical devices be made safer? Get all the story links and more from our episode post:  https://www.askai.org/post/e36-check-in-with-medical-devices-team-at-health-canada

Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast as our host Melissa Kargiannakis sits down with Cory Janssen, Co-CEO and Co-founder at AltaML to ask the question: How is applied (and responsible) AI impacting enterprise competitiveness?  Get all the links from our episode post:  https://www.askai.org/post/e35-how-is-applied-and-responsible-ai-impacting-enterprise-competitiveness  About AltaML  Founded in 2018, AltaML (short for Alberta Machine Learning) is a start-up that was initiated, in part, to leverage the World-class AI/ML talent emerging from the University of Alberta (which is also home to Richard Sutton aka the 'father of reinforcement learning').  With a mandate to advance the Responsible AI ethos, AltaML’s customers are primarily enterprise organizations in healthcare, oil and gas, and construction that are undergoing a process of digital transformation and looking for predictive value from their data. 

While many healthcare organizations have adopted virtual care to reach patients during COVID-19, these solutions lack the high resolution, scientifically calibrated images, sub-millimeter accuracy, and proper lighting that are critical to remotely assessing and treating wounds. Tune in to this Team Check-In as host Carolyne Pelletier checks in with Justin Allport, Chief Engineer and Co-Founder at Swift Medical to ask the question:  How is AI advancing bedside wound treatment (and reducing patient exposure to COVID-19)? Get podcast download and story links from our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/e34-how-is-ai-advancing-bedside-wound-treatment ABOUT ASK AI Ask AI is a volunteer project exploring the fast-emerging artificial intelligence sector. Our projects include thought leader interviews, team check-ins, and live events. To learn more about sponsorships, guest blogs, and volunteering, please contact us or ask our chatbot.  Visit: askai.org

The Ask AI interview with Roxana Sultan, Vice President of Health at Toronto's World-renowned Vector Institute. Get all the links from our episode post: https://www.askai.org//post/e33-is-ai-poised-to-make-major-breakthroughs-in-healthcare

Any oil spill is disastrous — ecologically, economically, and socially. Transport Canada estimates that there are approximately 20,000 oil tanker movements off the coasts of Canada each year, mostly on the Atlantic coast.      Tune in to this Ask AI Team Check-In as host Carolyne Pelletier checks in with Saeed Mohammadiun and Guanji Hu of the UBC Life Cycle Management Lab to ask the question:  How can AI help to mitigate catastrophic oil spills? Watch the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8THKoP5uYwI Visit our episode post to get all the links: https://www.askai.org/post/e32-how-can-ai-help-to-mitigate-catastrophic-oil-spills

Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast as host Jaxson Khan sits down with Mark Speaker, an industry leader with over 20 years of experience in guiding digital transformation and technology innovation to ask the question: How can AI make a positive impact in carbon-intensive industries? Get all the links from our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/episode-31-how-can-ai-make-an-impact-in-carbon-intensive-industries Mark's remit is to support operational progress (including field worker productivity, industrial data collection and measurement, and the creation of digital twins) in critical economic sectors including utilities, oil and gas, forestry, pulp and paper, mining and manufacturing.

NEW FORMAT! Check out the first episode in our new "Team Check-Ins" where host Carolyne Pelletier drops in on some of the most advanced teams working in #ArtificiaIntelligence today. In this first show, she speaks with Bruce Duong, P.Eng. from the DICE team at Alberta Innovates to ask: How will the DICE program help Canada’s energy industry?  Visit our blog to get the links that inspired the Ask AI team to get in touch. #Canada #artificialintelligence ##energysector #energynews

Ask AI host Jaxson Khan sits down with Lawrence Richer, Vice-Dean, Clinical Research University of Alberta to ask the question:  How do clinical researchers approach artificial intelligence technology?   Get all the links from our episode post. ABOUT ASK AI   Ask AI is a volunteer project exploring Canada's fast-emerging artificial intelligence sector. Our projects include thought leader interviews, team check-ins, and live events. To learn more about sponsorships, guest blogs, and volunteering, please contact us or ask our chatbot.    Visit: https://www.askai.org/