One of the world’s biggest AI companies wants a deal with Canada. Is sovereignty the trade-off?

By Jenna Benchetrit – CBC

Canadian politicians, public policy experts and business leaders have been increasingly vocal about the need for “digital sovereignty,” a term referring to a country’s ability to control its own data and technological infrastructure, including by owning and storing its data domestically.

Canada is at a crossroads as it balances this pursuit, and partnering with OpenAI could be an exercise in self-defeat, experts told CBC News. Still, they agreed the country can’t risk hindering its own advancement by shutting global companies out entirely.