The Canadian government entered into an agreement with Cohere on the use of AI in the public sector

The Canadian company in the field of artificial intelligence Cohere has signed a framework agreement with the Government of Prime Minister Mark Karni to expand the use of and technologies in the public sector, Bloomberg reports . The memorandum of understanding also provides for the study of the “development of Canada’s commercial capabilities in the use and export of AI,” the press release of the office of Evan Solomon, the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and the digital innovation of Canada said.

Solomon said:

“Working with Canadian and innovators such as Cohere, we lay the foundation for a more effective and productive public service, while helping to ensure Canada's competitiveness in this new digital era.”

It is noted that Carni promotes the idea of ​​using artificial intelligence to slow down the growth of government spending and achieve a balanced operating budget, but does not specify how exactly he plans to introduce this technology. Earlier, the Minister of Finance Francois-Filipp Shampan asked government departments to find ways to reduce expenses for budget programs by 7.5% in 2026–2027 with the financial year with subsequent deeper reductions. Heads of government departments and institutions also warned that “difficult decisions affecting our labor resources” may be required.

Cohere, founded in 2019 in Toronto, recently attracted $ 500 million in the new round of financing, which brought its market value to $ 6.8 billion.

Earlier it became known that the White House excluded the GROK Chat Bot of the XAI Ilona Mask from the state program for introducing artificial intelligence after the system began to issue anti-Semitic conspiracy theories in early July. As a result, the United States has concluded agreements with Openai, Anthropic and Google, providing federal employees with access to their AI-systems for a symbolic fee of $ 1 for the first year.