Toronto Public Library librarian Cathy Duong leads an AI Essentials Learning Circle at the Brentwood branch in Etobicoke.

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When her job was made redundant about 18 months ago after 37 years with the same company, Hayley Phillips wanted to keep working but knew she needed to update her skills.

“I started to look at [artificial intelligence] and realized that yes, I need to learn something new,” the former human resources information technologist says with a chuckle.

Ms. Phillips soon discovered an AI course which was being offered at the Toronto Public Library (TPL) thanks to grant money provided by Google Canada for AI education.

“It’s going to become a more in

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