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June 2, 2017

Canada’s next generation of leaders − in disciplines ranging from urban design to philosophy, artificial intelligence to medicine − are preparing to…

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May 26, 2017

From Waymo’s self-driving cars to e-sharing companies like Zipcar, technology is disrupting the traditions of travel. Proponents of these innovations…

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April 4, 2017

A growing number of companies across a wide range of sectors in Canada and the U.S. are embracing artificial intelligence in order to make their…

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March 31, 2017

Artificial intelligence and deep learning will dramatically change our lives – and Canadian companies need to lead the charge to stay at the forefront…

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March 30, 2017

With the creation of the Toronto-based Vector Institute, Ontario and Canada are choosing to lead in the booming field of artificial intelligence, said…

Ilya Sutskever
March 28, 2017

Computer science and mathematics graduate Ilya Sutskever no longer remembers the name of the California restaurant where the idea of a non-profit…

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March 22, 2017

New funding for artificial intelligence research and support for the recruitment of established foreign scholars were among the highlights for…

Photo of Geoffrey Hinton and students
February 8, 2017

It’s official: Toronto is an AI hot spot and at the heart of this excitement is the University of Toronto. That's what The Globe and…

Photo of Geoffrey Hinton
December 5, 2016

U of T's Geoffrey Hinton is one of the world’s leading computer scientists, vice-president engineering fellow at Google, and the architect of an…

photo of Aarabi sitting on stairs
November 16, 2016

“Hey Siri, how’s my hair?” Your smartphone may soon be able to give you an honest answer, thanks to a new machine learning algorithm designed by U…