Canadian AI Reorients Toward Military Dual-Use

Last month, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) published results of a 30-day national AI sprint that relied on 28 consultants and LLMs to synthesize over 11,000 responses. Two INRS researchers argue the process favored industry perspectives, masks contradictions between calls for regulation and deregulation, and signals a quiet reorientation toward dual-use and military-linked funding through BOREALIS, LawZero, and Cohere. They warn this occurs amid regulatory gaps and ethical uncertainty in Canada.