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The AI Sovereign Compute Infrastructure Program is a Government of Canada initiative launched under the Canadian Sovereign AI Compute Strategy to build a large‑scale, Canadian‑controlled public AI supercomputing system, improving access to advanced computing for researchers and innovative firms.

The Canadian Sovereign AI Compute Strategy is a federal initiative led by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, aimed at expanding access to domestic AI computing infrastructure. Announced in Budget 2024 with a CAD $2 billion commitment over five years from 2024–2025, it comprises three elements: mobilising private sector investment, building public supercomputing infrastructure, and an AI Compute Access Fund.

Canada's flagship sovereign AI infrastructure investment, comprising three complementary streams: a CAD 705M public supercomputing facility (AI SCIP), up to CAD 700M for private-sector AI data centres (AI Compute Challenge), and CAD 200M in near-term augmentation of existing public compute infrastructure.

Canada's national AI safety body established to evaluate advanced AI models for safety risks, develop safety testing methodologies, and contribute to international AI safety coordination through the Bletchley Declaration process and the International Network of AI Safety Institutes.

A multi-regional funding programme that supports AI commercialization and adoption projects by businesses across Canada.

A federal programme that provides financial support and compute-credits to Canadian SMEs so they can access high-performance/cloud AI compute needed to train, test and deploy models for commercialisation.

The code identifies measures that should be applied in advance of binding regulation pursuant to the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act by all firms developing or managing the operation of a generative AI system with general-purpose capabilities, as well as additional measures that should be taken by firms developing or managing the operations of these systems that are made widely available for use, and which are therefore subject to a wider range of potentially harmful or inappropriate use.

The Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Responsible Development and Management of Advanced Generative AI Systems, issued by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada in September 2023, is a voluntary commitment under which organisations developing or managing generative AI systems adopt measures to identify and mitigate associated risks, aligned with six outcomes: accountability, safety, fairness and equity, transparency, human oversight and monitoring, and validity and robustness.