Collaboration will create deeper connections
between academia and industry among partners with a shared vision
of impactful, human-centric AI
MONTREAL, Sept. 11,
2024 /CNW/ - Today, TELUS announced a strategic
partnership with Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute,
to build on both organizations' efforts to develop artificial
intelligence (AI) for the benefit of society. Together, TELUS and
Mila will explore state-of-the-art AI technologies and potential
industry impacts for the benefit of Canadian customers.
"By partnering with Mila, TELUS is demonstrating its commitment
to bolstering Canada's technology
ecosystem through the development of trustworthy, ethical AI," said
Pam Snively, Chief Data & Trust
Officer at TELUS. "By collaborating on initiatives with the highest
standards of integrity and excellence, we are ensuring that our AI
advancements are not only innovative, but also responsible and
beneficial to society."
"This partnership between Mila and TELUS benefits from both
organizations' wide scope of activity, in the research sphere and
in the industry sphere respectively," said Stéphane Létourneau,
Executive Vice President of Mila. "Mila is delighted to partner
with TELUS, an organization which embraces open science research
and its importance, to explore AI research and solutions that could
positively impact a broad range of sectors."
TELUS is a global leader in the responsible and ethical use of
AI, and recently made history with its generative AI (GenAI)
customer support tool, becoming the first in the world to be
internationally certified in Privacy by Design (ISO 31700-1). In
addition to being the current holder of the Outstanding
Organization prize from the Responsible AI Institute in recognition
of its commitment to fostering trust and benefitting society, TELUS
was also the first telecom company in Canada to sign the Government of Canada's voluntary code of conduct for
generative AI, which aims to ensure the transparent, equitable and
responsible development and deployment of GenAI technology. Earlier
this year, the company published its inaugural TELUS AI report: The
power of perspectives in Canada,
sharing the perceptions, insights and opinions on AI from nearly
5,000 Canadians, including Indigenous Peoples, racialized groups,
older Canadians, new Canadians, youth, people with physical
disabilities, and the LGBTQ2S+ community.
Inspired by the recent launch of Mila's Indigenous Pathfinders
in AI program, TELUS looks forward to supporting further
leadership-supporting career initiatives to drive innovation and
enhance AI capabilities moving forward. TELUS was proud to provide
members of the Indigenous Pathfinders in AI program with four
bursaries to attend the 2024 ALL IN AI event taking place in
Montreal on September 11 and 12, 2024, including
participation in a TELUS' Purple Teaming workshop at the event,
featuring Fuel iX, an enterprise-grade generative AI engine.
"Translating generative AI's groundbreaking capabilities into
real solutions is a critical step in realizing amazing outcomes for
our customers and communities," said Jaime
Tatis, Chief Insights Officer, TELUS. "Through our
collaboration with Mila, TELUS is dedicated to fostering the growth
of AI talent in Canada and to
building state-of-the-art AI technology that solves real challenges
that will benefit customers."
To learn more about TELUS' commitment to responsible,
trustworthy AI, visit telus.com/ResponsibleAI.
For more information, please contact:
Sacha Gudmundsson
TELUS Public Relations
Sacha.Gudmundsson@telus.com
About Mila
Founded by Professor Yoshua
Bengio of the University of
Montreal, Mila is the world's largest academic research
center for deep learning, bringing together over 1,200 specialized
researchers in machine learning. Based in Montreal and funded in part by the Government
of Canada through the Pan-Canadian
AI Strategy, Mila's mission is to be
a global center for scientific advancements that inspire innovation
and the growth of AI for the benefit of all. Mila is a globally
recognized non-profit organization for its significant
contributions to deep learning, especially in the fields of
language modeling, automatic translation, object recognition, and
generative models. For more information, visit mila.quebec.
About TELUS
TELUS (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) is a dynamic, world-leading
communications technology company with more than $20 billion in annual revenue and over 19 million
customer connections spanning wireless, data, IP, voice,
television, entertainment, video, and security. Our social purpose
is to leverage our global-leading technology and compassion to
drive social change and enable remarkable human outcomes. Our
longstanding commitment to putting our customers first fuels every
aspect of our business, making us a distinct leader in customer
service excellence and loyalty. The numerous, sustained accolades
TELUS has earned over the years from independent, industry-leading
network insight firms showcase the strength and speed of TELUS'
global-leading networks, reinforcing our commitment to provide
Canadians with access to superior technology that connects us to
the people, resources and information that make our lives
better.
Operating in 32 countries around the world, TELUS International
(TSX and NYSE: TIXT) is a leading digital customer experience
innovator that designs, builds, and delivers next-generation
solutions, including AI and content moderation, for global and
disruptive brands across strategic industry verticals, including
tech and games, communications and media, eCommerce and fintech,
banking, financial services and insurance, healthcare, and
others.
TELUS Health is a global healthcare leader, which provides
employee and family primary and preventive healthcare and wellbeing
solutions. Our TELUS team, along with our 100,000 health
professionals, are leveraging the combination of TELUS' strong
digital and data analytics capabilities with our unsurpassed client
service to dramatically improve remedial, preventive and mental
health outcomes covering nearly 72 million lives, and growing,
around the world. As the largest provider of digital solutions and
digital insights of its kind, TELUS Agriculture & Consumer
Goods enables efficient and sustainable production from seed to
store, helping improve the safety and quality of food and other
goods in a way that is traceable to end consumers.
Driven by our determination and vision to connect all citizens
for good, our deeply meaningful and enduring philosophy to give
where we live has inspired TELUS and our team to contribute
$1.7 billion, including 2.2 million
days of service since 2000. This unprecedented generosity and
unparalleled volunteerism have made TELUS the most giving company
in the world. Together, let's make the future friendly.
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SOURCE TELUS Communications Inc.