Canada · 5 d ago
Arts universities ask Ottawa for $10 million to train creative workers in AI
Requested for a national program
10 $ million
The four schools, in Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax and Calgary, made the request ahead of the federal budget next week.
The money would fund training for artists, freelancers and small creative businesses, including AI tools to take over administrative “drudgery”, says OCAD president Ana Serrano.
Arts universities
Train workers to use AI
Emily Carr faculty
Harms outweigh benefits
Not everyone agrees on AI in the arts: Emily Carr University’s faculty association argued this spring that the technology’s harms outweigh its benefits.
