Israel pitches Canada high-tech trade and safer AI as diplomatic tensions persist
Israel is seeking Canadian partners for safer AI, cyberdefense and hospital-at-home systems as both sides pursue new markets amid strained ties.
- Israeli Ambassador Iddo Moed is pitching his country to Canada as a technology partner offering AI, cybersecurity, and health-tech solutions, despite heavy strains on the bilateral relationship over Middle East conflicts.
- Moed described the Canada-Israel relationship as at its lowest point in nearly 80 years, driven by Canadian criticism of Israeli actions in Gaza and Lebanon and formal recognition of Palestine.
- Proposed projects include collaboration on safer AI to "recode the algorithms" against hate, alongside hospital-at-home concepts monitoring patients through wearable devices and video calls.
- Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi recently apologized for posing with Moed, citing the embassy's social media posts equating support for Israel with support for democracy and human rights.
- Ottawa has pursued AI guardrails since at least 2018, while Israel focuses on translating research into viable startups, creating potential cooperation openings despite the lack of direct leadership contact.
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Israeli Ambassador Iddo Moed boasts the merits of Israeli technology in Ottawa.
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Israel pitches high-tech trade, safer AI to Canada amid diplomatic tensions
Israel is pitching itself to Canada as a technology partner that can offer tangible solutions and safer artificial intelligence, despite the heavy strains on the bilateral relationship over wars and conflict in the Middle East. “Canada and Israel are both countries that are very much looking to export technologies, to open new markets and to solve problems that also exist elsewhere,” Israeli Ambassador Iddo Moed told The Canadian Press. Moed has…
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