AI Policy Exchange

AI for All: Canada’s roadmap for growth and innovation

June 4, 2026

Canada has released its first national AI strategy: AI for All. The country has long been a leader in AI research but lags significantly when it comes to adoption. The countries who benefit the most from AI are not necessarily those who invent it, but those that are able to diffuse it across their economies, […]

The economic tradeoffs of balancing AI sovereignty and global integration

May 21, 2026

Oxford Economics’ report titled The Economics of Sovereign AI: Balancing Autonomy, Innovation, and Growth in the Asia-Pacific, examines AI’s potential to enhance productivity, competitiveness, and economic growth across Asia-Pacific and Japan. The report looks at AI sovereignty, government’s role in diffusion, and the costs and economic impacts of AI.

AI adoption among SMEs is growing, but the gaps are widening

April 16, 2026

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released its annual D4SME Survey titled Empowering SMEs in the age of AI. It looked at how small and medium enterprises are navigating digital transformation. In the 2026 edition, the report surveyed over 2,000 SMEs across twelve countries: Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Korea, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

AI-driven productivity gains in Canada’s financial sector are dependent upon responsible adoption and workforce adaptation

April 14, 2026

Toronto Metropolitan University released a report titled Banking on AI, which looked at data from Anthropic’s Claude and Microsoft’s Copilot to analyze the value and risk of Canada’s financial sector in implementing generative AI to improve productivity while safeguarding privacy and compliance.

AIAI publishes op-ed in iPolitics as Canada awaits its national AI strategy

April 1, 2026

Canada is a global leader in AI research but falls behind when it comes to adoption. AI Adoption Initiative co-founder Nicole Foster published an op-ed in iPolitics outlining AIAI’s key recommendations to address Canada’s adoption gap as the country awaits the release of the government’s national AI strategy. Canada’s AI adoption rate sits at just […]

Leading AI companies commit to advancing multilingual and inclusive AI access across the Global South at the 2026 India AI Impact Summit

At the 2026 India AI Impact Summit, the Government of India announced the New Delhi Frontier AI Commitments. These commitments will aim to improve access, innovation, and multilingual AI for the Global South. The agreement brings together leading frontier AI companies to advance inclusive and responsible artificial intelligence including Amazon, Microsoft, Anthropic, Open AI, Google, […]

From hype to impact: Why AI adoption matters now

January 23, 2026

Speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella issued a timely reminder for governments and industry alike: the long-term success of artificial intelligence will depend not on hype or capital markets alone, but on widespread, real-world adoption across the economy. Nadella warned that without meaningful uptake beyond large technology […]

G7 cooperation on AI adoption and infrastructure: The road behind and ahead

During the G7 Industry, Digital and Technology Ministers’ meetings in Montréal in December 2025, the AI Adoption Initiative, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, convened senior industry leaders for a focused discussion on what it will take to move from AI ambition to AI adoption. The event examined how infrastructure, governance and practical implementation can […]

The economic promise of AI depends on adoption

November 25, 2025

The adoption of AI is accelerating across the global economy, but its use remains uneven and geographically concentrated. Anthropic’s latest economic index report, New Building Blocks for Understanding AI Use, analyzed the real-world usage of its AI model, Claude.

AI adoption in Argentina: Building an agenda for scalable innovation

Over 50 leaders from government, business, and academia gathered at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires for its workshop: AI Adoption: Barriers and Opportunities. The workshop marked Argentina’s first national dialogue focused on accelerating AI adoption through evidence-based, multisector collaboration. Turning potential into progress AI is the next great general-purpose technology – often […]