Canadian AI Community Leaders - Open-Source AI Urgency & Adoption

“The current state of AI is like a bunch of atoms that need to become solid matter. Now is the time to shape them.” -Elena Yunusov 🇨🇦 🤖 If you’re working on AI in Canada, you probably know (or know of) Elena. She’s founder and executive director of Human Feedback Foundation. That means her team: 🔸 Runs Canada's largest AI/ML builders community of 5,300+ members. 🔸 Backs 200+ students shipping open source projects. 🔸 Has guided 500+ nonprofits into responsible AI adoption. I got to sit down with Elena to talk about the case for open-source AI and why it's urgent to shape the future we want for AI now, while we're still in AI's dial-up moment. This episode continues one of my favorite traditions from writing my Rosenfeld Media book, What Your Machines Should Do: conversations with practitioners navigating AI in their work. Know someone who should be featured? Drop me a line. 👇 Link to episode in the comments.