The AI North Brief
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Podcast Overview
<p>15 Minutes. Every Weekday Morning. The AI Intelligence You Need.</p><p><br></p><p>Artificial Intelligence is evolving faster than our capability to understand its eventual impact. The AI North Brief is your daily filter, cutting through the noise to deliver only the essential news and policy shifts shaping Canada and the world.</p><p><br></p><p>Hosted by veteran news anchor and communications expert Paul Karwatsky, the show bridges the gap between the anchor desk and the cutting edge of AI governance. Currently pursuing his MS in AI Policy, Ethics, and Management at Purdue University, Paul brings a unique lens to the daily brief—combining decades of journalistic rigor with a deep, academic dive into the ethical frameworks and regulatory hurdles that will define the next decade.</p><p><br></p><p>Stay informed. Stay ahead. Subscribe to the AI North Brief today.</p>
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Publishing Since
1/12/2026
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Recent Episodes
June 9, 2026
When Business Doubts AI, Ottawa Listens. When You Do, You Get a Course: How "AI for All" Splits Business and Citizens
Send us Fan Mail Canada's new national AI strategy, "AI for All," contains a contradiction hiding in plain sight. When Canadian businesses hold back from adopting AI, the strategy is gracious: it reports that 78 per cent of non-adopting firms simply do not see the value yet, calls this "not resistance" but "a translation problem," and answers with a $500-million growth fund, tax breaks, equity stakes, and a pledge to buy Canadian. When ordinary Canadians hold back, the same document fil...
April 2, 2026
The Tyranny of Optimization
Send us Fan Mail Description: If the predictive cage isn't a design flaw but a business model, what kind of economic system would produce AI that serves human flourishing instead of extraction? Nobel laureates Daron Acemoglu and Elinor Ostrom, Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel, and surveillance capitalism theorist Shoshana Zuboff each offer a piece of the answer. The episode explores why market logic is structurally incompatible with healthy AI coexistence, what the commons framework offers ...
March 31, 2026
The Predictive Cage and Human Freedom
Send us Fan Mail Description: What happens to your identity when an AI system decides what you want before you do? A new piece on AGI Ethics News argues that agentic AI will create "predictive cages," feedback loops that lock people into their historical data and eliminate the capacity for surprise and self-reinvention. Oxford's Carina Prunkl challenges the concept of an "optimal" choice. Vienna's Mark Coeckelbergh rejects technical fixes like entropy buttons, arguing human freedom cannot be ...
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- What is The AI North Brief?
<p>15 Minutes. Every Weekday Morning. The AI Intelligence You Need.</p><p><br></p><p>Artificial Intelligence is evolving faster than our capability to understand its eventual impact. The AI North Brief is your daily filter, cutting through the noise to deliver only the essential news and policy shifts shaping Canada and the world.</p><p><br></p><p>Hosted by veteran news anchor and communications expert Paul Karwatsky, the show bridges the gap between the anchor desk and the cutting edge of AI governance. Currently pursuing his MS in AI Policy, Ethics, and Management at Purdue University, Paul brings a unique lens to the daily brief—combining decades of journalistic rigor with a deep, academic dive into the ethical frameworks and regulatory hurdles that will define the next decade.</p><p><br></p><p>Stay informed. Stay ahead. Subscribe to the AI North Brief today.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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