Canada punches above its weight with AI researchers in new Element AI report

The number of artificial intelligence (AI) researchers in Canada's private sector is proportionally higher than that of other countries, according to Montreal-based Element AI's 2020 Global AI Talent Report. The report found that Canada has 367 AI researchers, making it second only to the US. The Global AI Talent Report measured the size of the available talent pool in the AI industry through self-reported data on social media and demand via the monthly total job postings for the same role up to August 2020. The goal of the report is to assess the most current global patterns for the worldwide AI talent pool. The report tracked 477,956 people worldwide working in the AI industry, of which 61 percent worked in productization, 38 percent in engineering, and a mere one percent in research.