Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders argue that Canada should invest its $2-billion Sovereign AI Compute Strategy in a fully public, nationally owned AI model rather than funneling money to American Big Tech companies like OpenAI. They cite OpenAI's 'OpenAI for Countries' initiative as a geopolitical risk given its explicit coordination with the U.S. government and its opacity around the Tumbler Ridge shooting. Switzerland's Apertus model—built by a consortium of academic institutions at a fraction of corporate AI costs—is presented as proof that public AI is viable. The authors envision Canadian public AI embedded in healthcare, education, transit, and government services, governed by democratic oversight rather than corporate interests.
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