What was done
ISED is giving up to 1,400 staff access to Cohere's North platform, which lets users set up AI agents that take on assignments and complete repetitive tasks for them. It follows a 2025 workshop and IT testing, and ISED already used a Cohere model in ParlBrief, a tool that transcribes and summarises Parliamentary committee meetings. Cohere called it its first major expansion into civilian government operations and a blueprint for the rest of the federal government.
Outcome
This is a rollout announcement, so no results are published yet. Financial terms were not disclosed, and The Logic notes public-service unions have raised concerns about AI's impact on jobs.
Evidence: News. Figures are as reported by the source and have not been independently audited by AgentsNorth.
Prompt Reconstructed by AgentsNorth
The source didn't publish its prompt. This is our reconstruction of a starting prompt for a similar workflow, not the company's actual prompt.
You are an assistant for a federal government policy team. Each week, take the transcripts of the Parliamentary committee meetings I give you and produce a briefing: a one-paragraph summary of each meeting, the questions MPs asked about our department's files, any commitments officials made, and follow-ups we owe. Quote exactly when you attribute a statement and cite the transcript time. Flag anything that may need a minister's briefing note. Write in English with French terms kept as spoken.