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Shrieks and cheers echoed through the gymnasium at Monsignor Percy Johnson Catholic Secondary School in Rexdale when Pascal Siakam walked in.

The Toronto Raptor surprised students during an event for data science program Data Dunkers for kids grades 5 to 12, which the star forward’s PS43 Foundation collaborated on with Dell Technologies, Callysto and Digital Movement.

From an iPad on their kitchen table, a digital voice reads out a story to Dipti Bhide and her son, Rohan.

It's about an astronaut that went to Mars, met an alien and found some space rocks before coming back to Earth. The pair, who live in Coquitlam, B.C., are the first people to ever hear the story, which was created using suggestions from Rohan, which were then keyed into the artificial intelligence (AI) program his mother created. Rohan, who is eight years old, is completely absorbed in the story.

“If there's a problem with discipline and appropriate use – then teach it. It's not about taking things away from people, because that's not going to promote innovation,” he said. 

Students at a vocational school in Winnipeg have a shiny new shop to help them prepare for careers in aerospace. Tec Voc High School's 5,000-square-foot addition and 5,800-square foot renovation project was completed last month and unveiled to the public during a news conference on Thursday. "The students couldn't wait to get in here. They were incredibly excited," said Tec Voc aerospace teacher Drew Tapley.

A group of Grade 6 students in Mississauga put their heads together for a simulated space mission where they remote controlled a rover to find ice on the moon.

“It feels really good,” said Aubrey Smale, who acted as a rover heath monitor during the mission. “When I was really little, I wanted to do stuff like this and it’s like a dream come true.”

Microsoft has quietly updated its Copilot artificial intelligence assistants with the latest version of OpenAI’s large language model GPT-4-Turbo. 

This version of the model was previously only available with a paid subscription to ChatGPT Plus which costs $20 per month. It allows for more complex queries and responses.

A Michigan university is believed to be the first in the US to enrol artificial intelligence students onto its classes. Students at Ferris State University will be sharing a classroom with Ann and Fry, two AI students developed by the university, this semester starting in spring.The AI students won’t have a physical, robotic form but will be attending classes virtually. Ferris State associate professor Kasey Thompson said the two virtual students will tune in to lectures, interact in hybrid classes, and complete assignments.

New Brunswick’s justice system will soon experience a digital overhaul that will improve access to justice for all its residents. In its current state, the system is heavily reliant on paper and in-person proceedings, creating slow and often inaccessible processes for both users and practitioners.

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