artificial intelligence
Data centres at SFU spark concerns of possible Burnaby Tank Farm explosion
March 30, 2026By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer Data centres at SFU were established in 2074 and have since powered the AI chatbots that help run the university. These chatbots, which range from personalized AI for individual professors to fully functioning executives, use significant amounts of energy and require immense cooling to maintain these operations. Since its inauguration, the system has reportedly used 1,696,000,001 megawatts of energy and 2.5 million litres of water for cooling. Its effects are trickling down, as Trans Mountain executives have issued a warning to president Joy Johnson (now in hologram form) about resulting environmental concerns. Their letter calls…
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SFU alleges TikTok added unauthorized AI additions to their advertisement
March 9, 2026By: Mason Mattu, Section Editor Does SFU have a pool in convocation mall? Or a parking lot that allows cars to park inside the pool? Those are the kinds of images that Aidan Ramage, a student at the SFU Beedie…
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Students raise concerns over alleged AI-use at the SFU bookstore
February 23, 2026By: Mason Mattu, Section Editor Recently, the SFU bookstore began sporting a raccoon graphic on stickers, magnets, keychains, buttons, and t-shirts. This became a topic of discussion on the r/simonfraser subreddit, where users questioned whether the graphics were generated by…
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AI is not a magic trick
January 27, 2026By: Ashima Shukla, Peak Associate Content warning: brief mentions of death, suicide, torture, and sexual assault. Recently, Billie Eilish shared a post on Instagram about artificial intelligence that has haunted me ever since: “AI consumed more water this year than…
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SFU’s new supercomputer, Fir, is now online
November 11, 2025By: Jin Song, Peak Associate SFU now hosts Canada’s fastest supercomputer, Fir. Designed for data and compute-intensive research such as artificial intelligence (AI), Fir came online in September and is the only Canadian machine in the global top 100 supercomputers.…
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SFU to share draft artificial intelligence policy this summer
June 24, 2025By: Corbett Gildersleve, News Writer On January 31, SFU released a statement that their Artificial Intelligence Learning and Teaching Task Force started developing policy recommendations regarding the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) like ChatGPT for coursework. Currently, SFU has…
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Facial recognition technology has gone too far
January 17, 2025By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Facial recognition technology (FRT) is a type of artificial intelligence that identifies people by their unique facial features. It’s being used for everything from unlocking your phone, making purchases, and boarding passes. Our province uses…
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Student advocacy coordinator discusses AI and academic integrity at SFU
November 21, 2024By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer The Peak recently spoke with Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) student advocacy coordinator Trish Everett on how SFU has approached the issue of inappropriate artificial intelligence (AI) usage in classes. As advocacy coordinator, Everett helps…
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AI isn’t just unethical, it’s inaccurate
July 17, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is unethical, and it takes away from our originality and skill development. There are many reasons to avoid AI chatbots and writing assistants, but what’s the point of using…
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AI should not replace human talent
June 19, 2024By: Cam Darting, Peak Associate I often ask myself if artificial intelligence (AI) can predict the future, and tell us whether or not it will leave humans jobless. I don’t want to ask an AI software this, because I don’t…
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