New research from Cybernews’ 2026 AI Trustworthiness Ranking reveals a transparency gap among Canada’s leading AI companies: 82% won’t clearly disclose how long they retain user data, and 59% don’t say whether that data is used to train their AI models.
Cybernews has published its ranking, evaluating 500 AI companies across 36 countries on security, data privacy, transparency, and public perception. As part of the project, the team rated 17 leading Canadian AI companies.
Key findings:
- According to the Cybernews AI Trustworthiness Ranking, Canadian AI companies scored an average of 64 out of 100.
- 82% of leading Canadian AI companies do not clearly disclose how long they retain user data.
- 59% of top Canadian AI companies do not clearly disclose whether they use user data to train AI models.
- Transparency was Canada’s strongest area, with an average score of 92, while security was the weakest at 28.
- Vidyard ranked first in trustworthiness, followed by Ideogram, Spellbook, LANDR, and Thomson Reuters.
You can explore the full AI Trustworthiness Ranking and individual company scores here: AI Trustworthiness Ranking 2026
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82% of Canada’s top AI companies won’t say how long they keep your data says Cybernews
New research from Cybernews’ 2026 AI Trustworthiness Ranking reveals a transparency gap among Canada’s leading AI companies: 82% won’t clearly disclose how long they retain user data, and 59% don’t say whether that data is used to train their AI models.
Cybernews has published its ranking, evaluating 500 AI companies across 36 countries on security, data privacy, transparency, and public perception. As part of the project, the team rated 17 leading Canadian AI companies.
Key findings:
You can explore the full AI Trustworthiness Ranking and individual company scores here: AI Trustworthiness Ranking 2026
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