Taylor Owen
@taylor_owen
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Beaverbrook Chair of Media, Ethics & Communication @McGillU. Director @mediatechdem. Host @_machineslikeus https://t.co/iydWNCrLrB https://t.co/0MqsLasnwy
Joined July 2009
Some news. I am hosting a new podcast with the @globeandmail. Every two weeks I will speak to a leading entrepreneur, policy maker, journalist or scholar about this remarkable moment we are in. Follow @_machineslikeus, and the trailer is here:
podcasts.apple.com
Technology Podcast · Updated Weekly · Machines Like Us is a technology show about people. We are living in an age of breakthroughs propelled by advances in artificial intelligence. Technologies that...
Introducing Machines Like Us, a technology podcast about people. Every other Tuesday, starting May 7th, host @taylor_owen will sit down with the people who are shaping breakthroughs and advances in AI. Save the date and listen to the trailer here: https://t.co/PAZNAxn7VJ
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About to record the first interview of @_machineslikeus Season 2 in my new studio. We have some incredible guests lined up for the fall. @globeandmail @mcgillu @CIFAR_News
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Now Hiring: 2025–2026 PhD Researcher on Youth & AI. Sept 2025–Apr 2026, 10–15 hrs/week. Seeking PhD students with expertise in AI, youth engagement, and tech governance who are motivated to empower young people to engage confidently and critically with AI. 🧵
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"As a result, the data of Canadians who use Microsoft or other products from US-based corporations could have their data provided to the United States government and there is nothing they nor the Government of Canada can do.”
cyberincontext.ca
Microsoft representative says US CLOUD Act comes before other country's sovereignty
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"When I write, the process is full of risk, error and painstaking self-correction. It arrives somewhere surprising only when I’ve stayed in uncertainty long enough to find out what I had initially failed to understand." @meghanor
nytimes.com
We need to reckon with what ChatGPT is doing to the classroom and to human expression.
Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.
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🚨 Our latest report, What Should the CBC Be? is out now! The conclusion is clear: Canadians want CBC/Radio-Canada to continue, but it must evolve to remain relevant and trusted. Here's a sneak peek at the report 🧵
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Sober analysis on the international signals sent by our DST backdown from @anyaSIPA and @JosephEStiglitz. Again, non-US collaborative alliances on digital governance is the only way forward.
theguardian.com
The question now: will countries cave in to these threats or stick together and collect the billions they are rightly owed?
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👏to Paul Wells for this interview about the DST. A refreshing anecdote to the ahistorical and hyperbolic hot takes of the past week. Would love to see an additional one about the OECD history of the tax and how the US has derailed the multilateral effort.
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With a new ministerial mandate and growing political momentum, Canada has an opportunity to chart a new course. This final panel looked to the next phase of digital policy – featuring @R_SPatel, @taylor_owen, and Elissa Strome (@CIFAR_News).
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To follow along, you can tune in to the livestream of our conference here:
cpac.ca
The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy at McGill University and MASS LBP host an event to discuss the next steps for public media, online safety and Canada’s digital sovereignty. The event...
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Tonight in Ottawa, we’re hosting government, media, and civil society leaders for Securing Canada’s Digital Sovereignty: A New Agenda Takes Shape. Join us for a critical conversation on what it will take to secure Canada’s digital future.
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It's hard to overstate both 1) what a huge opportunity we are presented with (just in my area i'm approached almost daily by students and faculty wanting or needing to leave the US) & 2) how ill-equipped Canadian universities are in this moment to capitalize on it. The EU quickly
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On The Machines Like Us podcast with @taylor_owen, Jim Balsillie reflects on where Canada went wrong over the past 30 years, and how a mix of policy complacency and short-term thinking left too much potential untapped. Watch the full video here: https://t.co/ngHpihWCkQ
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In a world shaped by AI, Jim Balsillie says Canada needs to rethink what sovereignty really means. In this clip from The Machines Like Us podcast with @taylor_owen, he lays out what it will take for Canada to reclaim economic control. https://t.co/ngHpihWCkQ
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It is a privilege to speak to such incredible people, whose work I respect and admire. And i'm excited to announce we are coming back for another season. We are taking a few weeks off to plan, and have a lot of new ideas of how to expand the show. In the mean time, hear is season
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“Jim Balsillie: ‘Canada’s Problem Isn’t Trump. Canada’s Problem Is Canada’.” – In the Season 1 finale, BlackBerry mogul Jim Balsillie delivers a wake-up call on Canadian innovation and sovereignty. He argues Canada must fix its own tech and economic policies—protect data, foster
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Bonus – “Election Week 4: It’s a Jungle Online” (from The Paul Wells Show): In this bonus crossover, journalist Paul Wells interviews me about Canada’s 2025 election. I share details of our work on combating online interference and my digital policy wish list for the next
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It is a privilege to speak to such incredible people, whose work I respect and admire. And I'm excited to announce we are coming back for another season. We are taking a few weeks off to plan, and have a lot of new ideas of how to expand the show. In the mean time, listen to
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