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The marriage of artificial intelligence, or AI, and music at the University of Toronto attracted worldwide attention last year when researchers…
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Sanja Fidler has a back-of-the-envelope way to track Toronto’s rapid emergence as a global centre for artificial intelligence, or AI: the number…
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Geoffrey Hinton may be the "godfather" of deep learning, a suddenly hot field of artificial intelligence, or AI – but that doesn't mean…
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reaffirmed his nerd-in-chief reputation and outlined his government’s vision to capitalize on Canada’s early lead in…
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Artificial intelligence, or AI, is poised to unleash another technological revolution and businesses need to embrace the coming change or risk being…
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Markus Dubber’s first brush with artificial intelligence, or AI, occurred in an unlikely place: a performance of his daughter’s choir. The director…
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The portrayal of artificial intelligence in Blade Runner 2049 takes on a nuance absent in the original film. In addition to the advanced intelligence…
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Ontario is planning a 25 per cent increase in the number of STEM graduates over the next five years, and will give $30 million to the Vector Institute…
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It was Vincent Tembo's keen interest in artificial intelligence, machine learning and the University of Toronto’s ground-breaking work in deep…
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Launching a startup is difficult enough – never mind one that requires a yet-to-be realized technology to succeed. That’s the daunting…
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Thanks in part to research at the University of Toronto, Canada has emerged as an early leader in the artificial intelligence revolution – but truly…
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With the rise of artificial intelligence and concern about its potential impact on jobs, U of T's Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans and Avi…