The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that BCE devoted a significant chunk of its investor day on Tuesday to showcasing its growing AI expertise. The Globe's Andrew Willis writes that the pitch was aimed in part at some of the country's largest telecom customers -- governments, banks, insurers and hospitals -- that face security issues that stem from the America First philosophy of U.S. President Donald Trump. In 2018, during Mr. Trump's first term, Washington passed the U.S. CLOUD Act. The legislation gave U.S. authorities the power to compel tech companies such as Amazon and Microsoft to provide data to them, regardless of where the data are stored. For Canadian governments and financial institutions that need to control their data, the CLOUD Act crystallized the importance of data sovereignty. They realized their growing AI operations need to live in this country on domestically owned infrastructure. Bell showcased how it plans to use AI to help customers meet that need for sovereignty, while turning around the fortunes of an enterprise division that has been in decline for the better part of a decade. The centrepiece of Bell's strategy is a unit called Bell Fabric AI, pitched as a trusted sovereign Canadian partner.