{"id":16833,"date":"2026-07-09T17:27:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=16833"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:27:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:27:03","slug":"alberta-puts-50-million-behind-amiis-ai-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=16833","title":{"rendered":"Alberta puts $50 million behind Amii&#8217;s AI research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, the province of Alberta announced a $50 million investment over five years for the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii), home to two decades of reinforcement learning research.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aimed at accelerating AI adoption across public services and industry, part of the plan includes leveraging the newly-established Alberta Intellectual Property Office to ensure IP is owned, protected, and commercialized in the province.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amii is one of Canada\u2019s three national AI institutes, alongside Mila in Quebec and the Vector Institute in Ontario, operating under the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy. Established in 2002, it has a focus on reinforcement learning, a field in which the province is recognized as a world leader.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-1-1200x801.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3855141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-1-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced $50 million in funding for Amii. \u2014 Photo by Jennifer Friesen, Digital Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-five-ministries-one-investment\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Five ministries, one investment<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a government funds something like this, it\u2019s often one ministry writing the cheque.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This time it\u2019s five.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ministries of Technology and Innovation and Advanced Education are co-leads, investing $15 million each, with Assisted Living and Social Services at $10 million. Primary and Preventative Health Services and Education and Childcare are each contributing $5 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAlberta has been a leader in the AI space for decades, and the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute\u2026 has played a major role in keeping Alberta on top,\u201d said Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, announcing the funding at Platform Calgary. \u201cThey have worked closely with the government over the years to see how AI can be implemented into our everyday lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She explained how the funding is the work of five ministries together, \u201cbecause we know the significant impact that this could have on making the lives of Albertans better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nate Glubish, Alberta\u2019s minister of technology and innovation, credited Myles McDougall, Minister of Advanced Education as an equal partner on the file.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-2-1200x801.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3855134\" style=\"width:1200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-2-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nate Glubish, Alberta\u2019s Minister of Technology and Innovation, speaks at the Amii funding announcement at Platform Calgary. <em>\u2014 Photo by Jennifer Friesen, Digital Journal<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI couldn\u2019t have done it alone. I found some of the money in my budget, but my good friend and colleague [McDougall] here is an equal partner with me in that through his budget,\u201d Glubish said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Glubish also pointed to the province\u2019s history with Amii. \u201cAlberta began investing in AI research more than two decades ago. That early bet paid off,\u201d he said, noting how Amii\u2019s chief scientific advisor, Dr. Richard Sutton, was a co-recipient of the 2024 A.M. Turing Award, frequently dubbed \u2018the Nobel Prize of computing.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis $50-million investment is a vote of confidence in that team,\u201d Glubish added. \u201cIt will put AI to work for the people of this province: better healthcare, faster public services, and more Alberta companies solving real problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McDougall said that this technology is helping modernize systems for skilled tradespeople.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe apply AI to apprenticeship delivery, streamlining the path to graduation, cutting the paperwork for employers, and getting Alberta\u2019s skilled trade system ready for the workforce demand that\u2019s coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also gave credit to Alberta\u2019s post-secondary system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur universities, colleges, and polytechnics are training the next generation, the engineers, the entrepreneurs, researchers, and skilled professionals who will lead in an AI-driven economy,\u201d he added. \u201cThis investment backs them and strengthens an ecosystem where students can learn, researchers can lead, companies can scale right here in Alberta.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-3-1200x801.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3855135\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.498128873815928;width:1201px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-3-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-3-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-3-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-3-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-3.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Myles McDougall, Alberta\u2019s Minister of Advanced Education, speaks at the Amii funding announcement at Platform Calgary. <em>\u2014 Photo by Jennifer Friesen, Digital Journal<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-bigger-than-a-funding-announcement\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bigger than a funding announcement<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evan Solomon, Canada\u2019s Minister of AI and Digital Innovation, was in attendance at the funding announcement, using the stage to put Alberta\u2019s investment in a national context.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have classically, as a country, been great at research, and we\u2019ve sucked at commercialization,\u201d he said. \u201cAlberta has led the way to show how we have to do that better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Solomon cited a commercialization gap, where companies often end up relocating outside of the country, taking their talent and patents with them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are losing our best IP and brains, so we are stopping that,\u201d he added, later tying that loss to a broader argument about sovereignty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we don\u2019t build the infrastructure here, we\u2019re going to have to rent it from someone else,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we don\u2019t build the innovation here, we\u2019re going to have to buy it from someone else. And if we don\u2019t make the rules here, we have to follow someone else\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This funding comes the day after the news that Meta is building its first Canadian data centre in Alberta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also comes on the heels of a Government of Canada and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) announcement made at the Upper Bound AI Conference in Edmonton in May. Solomon announced the appointment and renewal of 42 Canada CIFAR AI Chairs, backed by a $24 million investment, all affiliated with the three national AI institutes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-4-1200x801.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3855136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-4-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-4-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-4-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-4-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-4-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Evan Solomon, Canada\u2019s Minister of AI and Digital Innovation, speaks at the Amii funding announcement at Platform Calgary. <em>\u2014 Photo by Jennifer Friesen, Digital Journal<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canada\u2019s recent \u201cAI for All\u201d national strategy goes further, pledging to strengthen the national AI institute network and increase the Chairs program from 130 to nearly 200 researchers. He outlined an investment of $130 million into the national AI institutes, and mentioned $700 million in affordable sovereign compute for Canadian SMEs, an expansion of the Compute Access Fund.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, Solomon revealed a $1.8 billion talent attraction strategy to attract 1000 of the top researchers and their labs to Canada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe need the talent to come to Canada,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s the best place to be, it\u2019s the best place to build, and it\u2019s the best place to start a company.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-building-on-two-decades-of-research\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Building on two decades of research<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the province, Alberta\u2019s government has invested about $100 million in Amii since 2002. Through its work under the province\u2019s first Technology and Innovation Strategy, Amii has worked with 786 companies to adopt or advance AI, supported 318 startups, and reached 1.2 million people through its literacy programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The institute currently has more than 500 active researchers and 71 Amii Fellows\/Canada CIFAR AI Chairs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe and our strategy have promised to do a free AI literacy course for every Canadian, because we believe everybody should have access to literacy, and we\u2019re going to give an AI tool and agent to every post-secondary student in Canada for five years, free and available, because they need tools to build,\u201d said Solomon, giving kudos to Amii CEO Cam Linke on his work with training and education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat\u2019s happened here in Alberta at Amii is the model for the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new Amii funding is meant to work against the \u2018brain drain\u201d pattern Solomon described. With the Alberta Intellectual Property Office, patents developed with public funds are kept in the province, framing the investment as a way to grow new jobs, attract private investment, and keep ideas developed in Alberta from moving elsewhere.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-7-1200x801.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3855140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-7-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-7-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-7-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-7-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Amii-Alberta-Funding-Announcement-7.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo by Jennifer Friesen, Digital Journal<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Linke said the investment builds on that foundation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis investment enables Amii to strengthen the foundations of Alberta\u2019s AI ecosystem by supporting startups, accelerating AI adoption across industry and the public sector, and building the AI literacy needed to prepare the workforce of the future,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTogether, we are ensuring Alberta remains a destination for AI talent, innovation and investment while creating lasting economic and societal benefits for Albertans.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-healthcare-is-a-priority\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Healthcare is a priority<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Justin Wright, minister of primary and preventative health services, said the investment is meant to support faster, better-targeted care.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAlberta\u2019s primary and preventative health system depends on getting the right information to the right provider at the right time,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy investing in Amii, we are supporting made-in-Alberta AI solutions that can help improve screening, earlier detection, system navigation and front-line decision-making. Used responsibly, this technology can reduce administrative burden, strengthen prevention-focused care and help Albertans access timely, high-quality services closer to home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Linke closed the announcement by tying the funding to Amii\u2019s origins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen you look at the history of Amii, it was an ambitious thing back in 2002 for the province to invest in AI,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re excited for what we can do with the province,\u00a0 and what we\u2019re going to do with this announcement, not just to be the place that powers AI globally, but also the place that produces the researchers, the talent, and the startups that are going to solve the world\u2019s biggest problems right here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; 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