Daniel Robson, an AI profile run by God-knows-who, successfully infiltrated multiple newsrooms across Canada, including the Ottawa Citizen and Policy Options, all of whom remained completely oblivious to the âjournalistâsâ real identity.
It wasnât until TĂźrkiye Today, a Turkish news organization, was contacted by Robson, noticed he was clearly AI, and wrote an article about his being published in outlets across Canada that Canadian legacy media got the memo and started frantically deleting his articles.
Juno News was also contacted by Robson last year regarding possible writing opportunities, but unlike the âtrustedâ news orgs that get bailouts and government funding every year, we actually did our homework on the guy, and we didnât let him submit a single article. Keep reading.
âPhantomâ columnist duped Canadian media with AI-generated identity
A columnist who published national security and foreign policy commentary across Canadian media may not have existed at all.
College owner at centre of OSAP scandal partied with Trudeau in 2018
Gurinder Singh Bhatti, co-founder of Opulence Education Group, which owns three Academy of Learning campuses at the centre of Ontarioâs OSAP scandal, received an invitation to a 2018 get-together with then-prime minister Justin Trudeau in India.
At the time, Bhattiâs study-abroad consultancy was facing criminal charges related to alleged student visa fraud; he was acquitted in 2019. Keep reading.
Ex-Premier Kenney warns Alberta separatists could win referendum
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney is warning that separatists could win the provinceâs October 19 referendum if turnout is low, despite polls showing strong support for remaining in Canada.
Kenney said separatists could prevail if turnout falls to 40 per cent or less, though the referendum question is non-binding and would not immediately trigger separation. Keep reading.
ONTARIO: Two-thirds favour spending cuts over tax hikes to tackle debt
A new Leger poll commissioned by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation found that 68 per cent of Ontarians would rather the Ford government cut spending than raise taxes to address provincial debt. Just 13 per cent favoured tax increases, according to the survey of 1,000 Ontario adults conducted October 2â4. Keep reading.
