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A Sentinel for Global Health

AI is promising a better – and faster – way to monitor the world for emerging medical threats Read More

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The Age of Deception

AI is generating a disinformation arms race. The window to stop it may be closing Read More

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Safety First

AI has developed faster than anyone thought. Will it serve humanity’s best interests? Read More

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AI Learns Everything It Knows from Humans. Will Humans also Learn from AI?

The short answer: it depends Read More

Healing Power

Why AI could be good news for both patients and our health-care system Read More

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Think Twice Before Tapping

How to spot and avoid online scams Read More

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A Global Hub for Safe AI

The Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus will help develop artificial intelligence that benefits humanity – from ideas and scholarship to successful startups Read More

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How Optimistic Are You That AI Will Help Bring About a Better Future?

We asked 100 University of Toronto students. This is what they told us Read More

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Tuning into Tomorrow

AI can help musicians compose and create new sounds. Is it just another music-making tool – or something else? Read More

AI Everywhere

Before we know it, artificial intelligence will be all around us. Are we ready? Read More

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Could AI Help You Quit an Addiction?

U of T researchers are developing a chatbot to help people stop smoking. One day, it might offer therapy, too Read More

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The Theatre of Tomorrow

A U of T lab is working with actors, writers and directors on how they could harness AI and other emerging technologies to generate new ideas and – just maybe – reinvent theatre Read More

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Education Is Evolving in the Age of AI

As ChatGPT disrupts conventional teaching and learning, U of T is helping instructors and students to adapt and innovate Read More

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The Lab That (Almost) Runs Itself

Robots and AI are changing how we do science, making it faster, cheaper and more productive Read More

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Tremors of the Heart

How AI could help doctors predict cardiac problems in critically ill children Read More

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Can an AI Design a Magazine Cover?

The short answer is “yes,” but it’s not easy – at least it wasn’t for us Read More

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We Tested an AI While Creating This Issue

We used an artificial intelligence to write headlines, add text to a story and summarize a longer article. It was often eerily good Read More

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Heard It Through the AI

Ilya Sutskever is building artificial intelligence that’s mastering a new skill – language Read More

Picking Up the Pace of Scientific Discovery

Prof. Alán Aspuru-Guzik is using AI and robotics to help create new, more sustainable materials in a fraction of the usual time Read More

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Will AI Be a Force for Good?

New technologies are difficult to regulate. With artificial intelligence, it may be time to rethink our approach, says Gillian Hadfield Read More

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The Robots Are Coming

They’re already common in manufacturing. Soon, they’ll be almost everywhere Read More

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A New Era in Medicine

How a historic $250-million gift to U of T will transform medical education–and improve patient care Read More

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The Technologies That Are Transforming Theatre

A new BMO-supported lab at U of T investigates the creative potential for AI in the arts Read More

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Alán Aspuru-Guzik Has Seen the Lab of The Future, and It’s Very, Very Fast

By bringing artificial intelligence into chemistry, Prof. Aspuru-Guzik aims to vastly shrink the time it takes to develop new drugs – and almost everything else Read More

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Computer Says “No”

U of T’s Petra Molnar warns that the use of AI in immigration decisions could infringe on the human rights of migrants Read More

Can We Eliminate Bias in AI?

Canada’s commitment to multiculturalism could help it lead the world in creating more ethical machines Read More

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The Limits of AI

As artificial intelligence advances, humans need to pay closer attention to what it can and can’t do Read More

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Preventing Disease through AI

Laura Rosella is using machine learning to suggest ways to reduce diabetes rates – and save millions in potential health-care costs Read More

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AI and the MD

Doctors will soon use artificial intelligence to help diagnose and treat patients, opening up new possibilities for better health Read More

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Six Questions We Need to Ask about Using Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

A U of T research team is examining ethical issues raised by the new technology Read More

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Alexa, Compose Me a Song

So far, machines are not very good at creating original art, such as pop tunes and short stories. Could it be they’re missing something uniquely human? Read More

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Artificial Intelligence Is Here. Is It Time to Rethink Your Business Strategy?

To answer this question, consider this thought experiment Read More

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AI’s Quantum Leap

In combining two of computing’s hottest trends, the Creative Destruction Lab sees new opportunities for startups Read More

Prof. Raquel Urtasun talks about her AI research with Minister of Finance Bill Morneau, Premier Kathleen Wynne, Mayor John Tory and U of T president Meric Gertler

A Revolution in Artificial Intelligence

Toronto’s Vector Institute aims to attract the world’s leading minds in a booming field Read More

Blue J Legal co-founders (from left) Brett Jansen, Anthony Niblett and Benjamin Alarie got a head start for their machine-learning legal software at the Rotman School’s Creative Destruction Lab

Helping Machine-Learning Startups Succeed

Artificial intelligence could soon transform almost everything. The Rotman School’s Creative Destruction Lab will place U of T entrepreneurs at the forefront Read More

Can Artificial Intelligence Solve the Mystery of Genetic Disease?

Prof. Brendan Frey and his team are harnessing machine learning to figure out what makes us sick Read More

Tomi Poutanen (MASc 1998, MBA 1999), is a fellow at the Rotman School's Creative Destruction Lab.

Getting to Know You

How Tomi Poutanen is using artificial intelligence to help companies learn more about their customers’ preferences Read More

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Elementary, My Dear Watson

Computer science students are developing a legal application for IBM’s Jeopardy-winning computer as part of $100,000 contest Read More

Home Smart Home

Professor Alex Mihailidis is designing an "intelligent" house that will help dementia sufferers Read More