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Recent U of T computer science graduate Yuchen Wang is featured for his research applying AI to patient care, including work at Toronto Rehab and the Vector Institute.
Professor Marsha Chechik discusses the role of requirements engineering in unlocking developer productivity with AI coding tools.
In an op-ed, Professor Daniel Wigdor argues that Canada should build on its strength in applied computing.
Professor Arvind Gupta discusses Canada’s newly released AI strategy.
Professor Arvind Gupta is among the experts quoted in a roundup of reaction to Canada’s new AI strategy.
Professor Arvind Gupta discusses the energy, environmental and community impacts of AI data centres in Canada.
Associate Professor Colin Raffel discusses the risks of using AI web browsers.
Associate Professor Fanny Chevalier discusses the risks and benefits of humans forming emotional attachments to AI chatbots. (Story in French)
Assistant Professor Rahul G. Krishnan discusses the value of Canadian AI computing infrastructure for health researchers.
Associate Professor David Duvenaud appears on the New York Times podcast Hard Fork to discuss Talkie, an LLM trained only on texts predating 1931.
Professor Lisa Strug argues that data science must be central to Canada's AI strategy — and that without more funding and training, AI tools risk producing unreliable results.
Associate Professor Ishtiaque Ahmed discusses the psychological and behavioural consequences of constant AI affirmation.
An examination of AI-powered plain-language database tools features Professor Nick Koudas on the risks of queries that look correct but miss what a user actually meant.
Professor Tovi Grossman argues that banning AI chatbots for teens risks leaving young people unprepared to use the technology safely and effectively.
Associate Professor David Duvenaud discusses AI alignment risks, including deceptive model behaviour. (Story in French)
Assistant Professor Gururaj Saileshwar explains a newly discovered weakness that could let attackers take full control of a computer by exploiting its graphics card memory.
In an op-ed, Professor Arvind Gupta and NSERC President Alejandro Adem argue that Canada’s structural advantages are finally becoming urgent strategic assets.
Assistant Professor Chris Maddison, a founding member of the AlphaGo team, reflects on the AI breakthrough's lasting legacy and what it reveals about the conditions needed for AI progress.
The list includes Professor Raquel Urtasun and her start-up Waabi, which is using AI to train self-driving trucks — and soon, robo-taxis — without costly real-world testing.
A profile of the industry-academic electric vehicle program led by Professor Arvind Gupta, which places graduate researchers inside Ontario companies to help Canada carve out a niche in the global EV industry.
Professor Nick Koudas is among the experts quoted on how businesses game AI chatbot rankings to influence product recommendations.
Professor Raquel Urtasun's autonomous vehicle startup Waabi secures up to $1 billion USD and strikes a deal with Uber to bring self-driving cars to the ride-hailing platform.
Professor Raquel Urtasun discusses why Canada risks falling behind in the global race to bring AI-powered robots into industry, and how regulatory barriers are slowing adoption.
Professor Arvind Gupta discusses the prospects for Canada’s electric vehicle sector.
Professor Alán Aspuru-Guzik and Assistant Professor Varinia Bernales discuss how AI agents could open up computational chemistry to researchers without specialist training.
In an op-ed, Professor Arvind Gupta contends that Canada can lead in the global electric-vehicle market by closing the gap between university research and commercial industry.
Associate Professor David Duvenaud discusses how AI enables the rapid, low-cost spread of conspiracy content and disinformation online.
Professor Daniel Wigdor discusses why AI chatbots are just a glimpse of a far more powerful technology, and why the real economic value of AI may still lie ahead.
The University of Toronto announces a new $20-million AI research chair named in honour of Nobel laureate and University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton, funded with support from Google.
Professor Alán Aspuru-Guzik discusses why quantum computing could reshape chemistry the way artificial intelligence has, and why a long road still lies ahead.
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