Taproot reporters Shayne Giles and Ashley Lavallee-Koenig join Karen Unland to recap what they heard at Upper Bound, Edmonton's annual AI week, and share their thoughts on how artificial intelligence is changing their world.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

• Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)
• Upper Bound ran from May 23 to 26, 2023
• What we saw and heard at Upper Bound
• Duckietown
• University of Alberta instructor Matt Taylor's talk on Duckietown
• Panel on cellular agriculture
• New Harvest
• New Harvest and Amii to explore AI's uses in lab-grown food
• Routeique
• Session on how Routeique uses machine learning
• Alberta AI pioneer plans new research institute in Edmonton
• Richard Sutton's keynote
• More Upper Bound session recordings

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Editing by Shayne Giles; theme music by Dave Von Bieker; cover art by Vikki Wiercinski.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

• Steph Enders
• Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)
• Amii's five-year collaboration with TELUS
• ISL Adapt uses ML to make water treatment cleaner and greener
• TELUS started in Edmonton
• Blindman Brewing: Sustainable AI-powered Craft Beer
• Media Release: Attabotics Partners with AltaML and Amii to Bolster Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Capabilities for Supply Chains
• Microsoft and Amii bring AI expertise to Albertans in underrepresented communities and workers impacted by COVID-19
• Roche Canada Launches National Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence
• Using AI in aviation training could help ease pilot shortage
• New Harvest and Amii to explore AI's uses in lab-grown food
• Starting a New Institute of Cellular Agriculture
• Ten Years in Cell Ag Leadership & Two Takeaways
• AI tools like ChatGPT and Lensa are spreading like wildfire online, fuelling ethics debates
• Alona Fyshe discusses ChatGPT and schools on CTV Your Morning
• New Governance Course From Amii And CIOSC Charts Path Toward Responsible AI In Business
• Canada's AI Vision: Q&A with the Executive Director of the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
• AI Meetup on Feb. 21, 2023, on healthcare projects
• Flying Fish throws a line into Edmonton's waters
• Upper Bound is running May 23-26, 2023
• More Amii events

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, for support of this episode. You'll hear more about Capital City Pilots from Abbie Stein-MacLean in conversation with Taproot co-founder Mack Male.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

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Editing by Castria; theme music by Dave Von Bieker; cover art by Vikki Wiercinski.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

• Co-host Lazina Mckenzie of ThresholdImpact Venture Mentoring Service
• Guest Myrna Bittner of RUNWITHIT Synthetics
• Launch Party 7
• Synthetic Silicon Valley earthquake
• Synthetic Platform Missions
• Dual disaster scenario
• RUNWITHIT's year-in-review video
• AWS Sustainable Cities Accelerator
• RWI's Holodeck
• South by Southwest (SXSW)
• Greentown Labs accelerator
• SoCal Cleantech Express
• The Goodwill Project granted RUNWITHIT downtown office space
• Challenging the "Silicon Valley of the North" narrative

More innovation news

• [RE]Waste
• The cannabis industry has a plastic waste problem — but some are finding solutions
• Case study with Spiritleaf
• EDGI platform visualizing "Edmonton's Greatest Innovations"
• Application form for VMS
• ThresholdImpact VMS on Instagram

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, for support of this episode. You'll hear more about Capital City Pilots from Abbie Stein-MacLean in conversation with Taproot co-founder Mack Male.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

Sign up to get The Pulse, our weekday news briefing. It's free!

Editing by Castria; theme music by Dave Von Bieker; cover art by Vikki Wiercinski.