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Canada’s privacy watchdog is investigating the Elon Musk-owned company X following reports of users generating sexualized deepfakes through the social-media platform’s AI chatbot, Grok.The investigation launched on Wednesday will examine whether X’s parent company, X Corp, is meeting its obligations under Canada’s federal privacy laws and whether the company obtained valid consent from individuals for the collection, use and disclosure of their personal information to create deepfakes, including explicit content.
January 15, 2026 - 12:13 | Samantha Edwards | The Globe and Mail
Algonquin College CEO Claude Brulé attended a pre-budget consultation in Ottawa on Wednesday, where he asked the Ontario government to invest about $1.6 billion dollars in the province's college sector in its 2026 budget.
January 15, 2026 - 12:09 | | CBC News - Ottawa
A team of 15 speed skaters, including eight women led by 2022 Olympic triple medallist Isabelle Weidemann, will compete in long track for Canada in February at the Winter Games in Milan Cortina.
January 15, 2026 - 12:06 | | CBC News - Canada
A team of 15 speed skaters, including eight women led by 2022 Olympic triple medallist Isabelle Weidemann, will compete in long track for Canada in February at the Winter Games in Milan Cortina.
January 15, 2026 - 12:06 | | CBC News - Ottawa
The Elon Musk-owned company announced Wednesday it would restrict AI chatbot from 'nudifying' images of real people in certain jurisdictions.
January 15, 2026 - 11:54 | Alex Boutilier | Global News - Canada
Dr. Shirley Williams, who died in Little Current on Manitoulin Island on Dec. 19 at 87 years of age, was a linguist, language professor, activist, elder and knowledge keeper. For several decades she instructed and revitalized the Anishinaabemowin language at Trent University in Peterborough, Ont., a place known in her mother tongue as Nogojiwanong, meaning “place at the end of the rapids.”She was a resilient, barrier-breaking professor who, in addition to teaching the language, authored dictionaries and lexicons, created curricula and wrote other works vital to the cultural resurgence...
January 15, 2026 - 11:41 | James Cullingham | The Globe and Mail
