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EPISODE · Mar 23, 2026 · 24 MIN

AI brings NWT snow sculptures to life for a Google ad

from The North · host Cabin Radio

Google flew influencers to Yellowknife this month to promote its Pixel phones and Gemini AI. The result – AI videos that manipulate the city's snow sculptures – have the sculptors raising some questions.Yellowknife snow sculptor Cat McGurk talks through some of the implications as the rapid rise of AI meets a niche northern art form. Plus NWT Tourism's Donna Lee Demarcke looks at the Google trip – and AI's advances – through the lens of northern tourism.

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