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Cutting-edge expertise at the University of Toronto in advanced manufacturing and artificial intelligence is helping to propel two of the Canadian…
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A University of Toronto startup that uses artificial intelligence to track patients’ cognitive impairment is being tested by retirement living…
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Geoffrey Hinton, by now, needs little introduction – which is presumably why a Toronto Life profile of the pioneering University of Toronto artificial…
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Artificial intelligence is poised to forever change the business world – from self-driving trucks to stores that ship products before customers buy…
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Helen Kontozopoulos may not be an artificial intelligence researcher, but she knows more than most about the technology – not to mention what it…
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It’s difficult for most of us to imagine a world where artificial intelligence, or AI, researchers succeed in populating the planet with intelligent…
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One of Canada’s biggest banks has purchased a promising artificial intelligence, or AI, startup that was co-founded by two U of T alumni and a local…
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From self-driving cars to finding disease cures, artificial intelligence, or AI, has rapidly emerged as a potentially revolutionary technology – and…
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We’ve all heard that artificial intelligence and machine learning are poised to transform our lives with self-driving cars and voice-activated robotic…
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The shape of our neurons may indicate our brains actually employ a type of learning, dubbed “deep learning,” that was developed to drive artificial…
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With the advent of artificial intelligence, creative thinking will become even more critical, writes the University of Toronto's Greg Wells,…
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There are bound to be critics, but deep learning “godfather” and head Google researcher Geoffrey Hinton says his latest contribution to the…