Municipalities in Surrey, Burnaby, and Abbotsford are adopting AI tools, including Microsoft Copilot, for various public services, productivity, and security.
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Updated Jul 27
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What happened
Municipalities in Surrey, Burnaby, and Abbotsford are adopting AI tools, including Microsoft Copilot, for various public services, productivity, and security.
Who's involved
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The entities involved
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Microsoft
American multinational technology corporation
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Surrey
second largest city in British Columbia, Canada
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Burnaby
city in British Columbia, Canada
Nothing else this week.
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Abbotsford
city located in the Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada
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- Microsoft has been integrating OpenAI's technology into its products, specifically Copilot, while also launching its own proprietary AI models, MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1 Preview.
Coverage
Newest first; wire copies grouped- cbc.caSome of B.C.'s biggest cities are using artificial intelligence — but what for? | CBC News