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Business Google is pausing an AI tool that creates images of people following inaccuracies in some historical depictions the model generated, the latest hiccup in the Alphabet-owned company’s efforts to catch up with rivals OpenAI and Microsoft. Company has been racing to produce AI software rivalling OpenAI, MicrosoftThomson Reuters ·Continue Reading
Business Statistics Canada says survey results over the last few years show renters are more prone to reporting a lower quality of life than homeowners, especially in Vancouver and Toronto. Renters also more likely to report loneliness, Statistics Canada notesThe Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 20, 2024 9:35 AM ESTContinue Reading
Business Canada’s annual inflation rate slowed to 2.9 per cent in January, according to data from Statistics Canada. Mortgage interest costs continued to be No. 1 driver of inflation Jenna Benchetrit · CBC News · Posted: Feb 20, 2024 8:38 AM EST | Last Updated: February 21 A person pumps gasContinue Reading
Business Canadians can begin filing their income tax returns online as of Monday, with several changes in store for the 2024 tax filing season. Taxpayers can enter FHSA deductions, but expect changes to home office claimsThe Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 19, 2024 4:07 PM EST | Last Updated: FebruaryContinue Reading
Canadian consumers call for shrinkflation regulationConsumers and advocates upset about shrinkflation — when companies shrink the size of packaging instead of increasing the price — say Canada should follow a growing number of countries that are forcing companies to tell consumers when it happens. PepperBrooks was getting ready to washContinue Reading
Business·Marketplace CBC’s Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week. Consumer and health news you need from the week Marketplace connected with more than a dozen current and former Value Village employees, including many who say the chain’s pricing practices are based on a systemContinue Reading
Business Travelling with 40 wedding guests from Ocho Rios, Jamaica, an Ontario couple says that nearly half the group had expensive gadgets, fragrances and clothing stolen from their suitcases, and that the lining of their suitcases was left in tatters. Ontario couple tracked stolen AirPods back to Jamaica where theirContinue Reading
Business The maker of ChatGPT on Thursday unveiled its next leap into generative artificial intelligence with a tool that instantly makes short videos in response to written commands. AI videos aren’t new but the high quality of these astounds observers, raises fearsThe Associated Press · Posted: Feb 16, 2024 11:12Continue Reading
Business·Marketplace A CBC Marketplace investigation found some food manufacturers are producing snack foods for the Canadian market that contain an ingredient banned in Europe. Health advocates calling for change as food manufacturers produce dual versions of snack foods Marketplace ordered snacks from Europe that are also sold in Canada toContinue Reading
Business New home construction in Canada fell by 10 per cent in January compared to December, as fewer multi-unit urban homes were built, according to the country’s national housing agency. Many economists had predicted rate would increase Jenna Benchetrit · CBC News · Posted: Feb 15, 2024 12:08 PM EST | Last Updated:Continue Reading
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