Author: Maria Gill

You don’t have to go far to find the Botpress technology, based on artificial intelligence (AI), whose implementation has accelerated with COVID-19. In the fall of 2020, the Quebec government contacted the company to create an automated chat room dedicated to coronavirus-related questions. Quebec’s technology allows the government to offer an automated chat service on its website.Photo: Government of Quebec (screen capture)We create the technology that makes it possible to create digital assistants. We can see that a bit like virtual employeesSylvain Perron, co-founder and CEO of Sainte-Foy, identifies. When COVID started, the government was completely overwhelmed with calling 811.…

Michael Collins “The perfect astronaut … that we dream about.”. This Wednesday, April 28, 2021, he left Earth for the last time, at his sweet 90. It is often seen as the greatest forgotten of the Apollo 11 mission. ‘The third man’. Michael Collins did not have a chance to walk on the moon. But he would remain the image of a talented astronaut and above all a man of boundless wisdom.Neil Armstrong was him The first man to walk on the moon. That was July 1969. In August 2012, he was also the firstThe Apollo 11 crew To leave…

Nearly 20,000 people gathered for a demonstration against the sanitary measures in Montreal. Also read: COVID-19: Quebec has 1,101 new cases and 7 additional deaths A strong police presence has waited for the demonstrators who gathered on East Sherbrooke Street near the Olympic Stadium since the end of the morning. “I’m here because the government has tricked me enough, too.” We want this demo to be festive, ”explains Tania Bellanger, in the company of her two young children. The ongoing protests, including those at the Olympic Stadium, worry me. Pretending is right and I don’t question it. Everyone wants to…

As a jame. Camille Joubert’s column is broadcast daily on Jimmy Gourmaud’s “Sea Jamie” program from Monday to Friday at 5:00 pm on France 5. Can you name five names of human scientists in ten seconds? How about five female scientists now? If women interested in science are not as easy to find as men, it is because of a phenomenon called the “Matilda Effect”. The Matilda Effect or Hide the Female Scientific Contribution The Matilda effect indicates the systematic underestimation of the contribution of women to research, a theory developed by the American science historian Margaret Rossiter in the…

The pandemic also has its good side, and the Trudeau government should think sometimes. Posted on 1he is May 2021 at 5 pm Paul GurnettJournalism On a daily basis, it casts a shadow over embarrassing issues, such as the case of sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces. Justin Trudeau is proud to call himself a “feminist”. But with the troops, he does not appear. This stain spreads and darkens the rest of her record in the field, which wasn’t bad. The liberals held an embarrassing press conference on Thursday. The Secretary of National Defense, Harjit Sagan, has launched an…

IHe will henceforth be responsible for assisting the rover in its main mission, searching for ancient life on Mars, for example by going to explore places of scientific interest, which cannot be reached with four wheels, or by determining the safest path. “Innovation will move from a technology demonstration mission, where we demonstrate the helicopter’s technical capabilities, to an operations demonstration mission, where we collect information about the helicopter’s ability to provide operational support. [à Perseverance]Lori Glaze, NASA’s director of planetary studies, told a news conference. In 30 days, we will establish our place. ” The US space agency does…

(Quebec) The increase in the minimum wage to $ 13.50 an hour from Saturday in Quebec has made many unions say the measure is clearly insufficient to lift people out of poverty. On the one hand, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) believes that this is an “extra burden on the shoulders” of small and medium-sized businesses still severely suffering from the third wave of COVID-19. Posted April 30, 2021 at 11:01 am Updated at 19:42 The Canadian Press The Quebec government confirmed that the general minimum wage rate will increase to $ 13.50 an hour starting Saturday, which…

(Photo: Canadian Press) When Craig Sylvant stood in line to get a COVID-19 vaccine, he was aware that the dose injected into his arm could leave him with side effects. The 46-year-old cultural columnist recounts how he inflicted a mythical hangover upon himself during his lifetime. So the possibility of “vaccine residues” occurring in exchange for a dose that would protect him and his family was an easy choice. He laughs, he said, that he liked to believe that “all the extra alcohol” he had made in his life helped him prepare for the unwanted side effects of the vaccine.…

Windsor-ESSEX, ON, April 30, 2021 / CNW / – The 2021 budget is the government’s plan Canada With the goal of leading the fight against COVID-19 and ensuring a strong and lasting economic recovery for all Canadians. Today the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, Honorable Mr. Mary NgAccompanied by the Parliamentary Secretary of the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, and a Member of Parliament, for Windsor-TecumsehAnd the Eric Cosmerczyk, Participated in a round table with representatives of SMEs from the region Windsor-Essex On 2021 budget: Recovery focused on jobs, growth and resilience. The…

The Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC), which opened in 2017 and specializes in data science, has announced its expansion with the opening of a new center, in addition to the EPFZ and EPFL centers. The ETH Council approved a 5 million budget increase for the data science field to fund the new structure. The third center will be established in Aargau within the Paul Scherrer Institute which specializes in research in the fields of matter, materials, energy and the environment, as well as human health. “This new unit will help further bridge the gap between data scientists and field scientists,…