Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Tues. March 5th, 2024

If you ever engage in casual workplace conversations about your weekend plans, or perhaps a little bit of work gossip, keep your ears to the ground. We already know that the average work boss is capable of monitoring your activity through your working devices. However, some of Canada’s biggest companies are now using Artificial Intelligence tools to flag anything that violates corporate policy. According to reports, work platforms such as Slack and Teams are the primary targets. Spoiler alert: Privacy experts are not happy. We dig deeper with Sam Andry, a Managing Director of The Dais at Toronto Metropolitan University. Meantime, Ontario’s black bears are waking up from their hibernation far earlier than usual. The main culprit, to nobody’s surprise, might be the warmer weather.