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Latest announcements
- Government of Canada Accelerates Homegrown AI Innovation Across Greater Toronto Area
- Vector Institute and European Space Agency Partner to Advance AI for Earth Observation
- Vector Institute and South Korea’s National AI Research Lab Partner to Accelerate Frontier AI Research
- Vector Institute Releases Unbias-Plus, a Free, Open-Source AI Tool to Detect and Rewrite Bias in Text
- Vector Institute and Helmholtz Munich Sign MOU to Advance International AI and Machine Learning Research
- Vector Welcomes Canada’s AI Strategy: AI for All
- BMO Renews Five-Year Partnership With Vector Institute to Advance Responsible AI | (FR)
- Vector Institute Awards 100 Scholarships to Ontario’s Top AI Graduate Students | (FR)
- Vector Institute and IPON Deepen Partnership to Accelerate IP Protection for Ontario’s AI Innovators | (FR)
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2025
- New Study Reveals AI’s $100B Economic Impact Across Canada, With Ontario Leading the Charge
- ICTC and Vector Institute Partner to Accelerate Canada’s AI Talent Pipeline
- Government of Canada Celebrates AI and Tech Innovation in Toronto | (FR)
- Ontario’s AI Ecosystem: Fueling Real Economic Growth With Record Number of Jobs and Private Investments
- Vector Institute Awards up to $2.1 Million in Scholarships to Ontario’s Top AI Graduate Students | (FR)
- Vector Institute Announces the Appointment of Glenda Crisp as President and CEO
- Vector Institute Unveils Comprehensive Evaluation of Leading AI Models | (FR)
- CEO Update
- Unilever Deepens Commitment to AI Innovation Through Vector Institute Collaboration | (FR)
2024
- Canadian AI Job Market Shifting, Favouring Specialized, In-Demand Skills | (FR)
- Three New Canada CIFAR AI Chairs Appointed at the Vector Institute
- CIBC Furthers Its Commitment to AI Learning and Research Through the Vector Institute
- World-Leading AI Trust and Safety Experts Publish Major Paper on Managing AI Risks in the Journal Science
- Vector Institute Announces Nearly $2 Million in Scholarships for Top Ontario AI Graduate Students
- The Vector Institute and Be Node Unite to Develop Global Climate Solutions Through Artificial Intelligence
- Merck Canada Announces Collaboration With Vector Institute
- TIAP, University of Toronto, and Vector Institute Enter Into New Collaboration
2023
- Vector Institute Partners With World Economic Forum on Responsible Artificial Intelligence and Research Insights
- Kids Help Phone and the Vector Institute Announce Important Partnership for Enhanced Human-Centric Innovations for Youth E-Mental Health Services From Coast to Coast to Coast
- Ontario Government Grants $27 Million to the Vector Institute for Driving Innovation, Fostering AI Talent, and Propelling Economic Growth
- Public Statement From the Vector Institute
- Top Ontario Students Pursuing Graduate Studies in AI Receive Nearly $2 Million in Scholarships From Vector
- Vector and Communitech Partner to Help Canadian SMEs Leverage the Power of AI
- Vector Institute Announces Tony Gaffney as New President and CEO
2022
- Vector Institute Names Ben Davies as Its New Chief Information Officer
- The Vector Institute Introduces the Vector AI20 for 2023
- AI Ecosystem in Ontario on a Strong Growth Trajectory
- Vector Institute Announces CEO Transition Plan; Board Initiates Comprehensive Search for Successor
- CIFAR Announces Plans for Second Phase of the Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy
- Ontario Strengthens Its AI Ecosystem Leadership Position by Extending Partnerships With Founding Industry Sponsors
- MOU Between CIFAR, the National Research Council of Canada and Canada’s Three National AI Institutes Opens Doors to Collaboration Across Sectors
- The Vector Institute Enters Five-Year Strategic Partnership With Canadian Tire Corporation to Enhance Customer Experience
- 2022 Ontario Budget Includes $107M for Critical Technology Initiatives
- Vector Institute Introduces a Smart Health Initiative to Drive Innovation in Healthcare
- NORCAT Collaborates With Vector Institute to Unlock the Power of Artificial Intelligence in the Global Mining Industry
- Using AI for Good: TELUS and Vector Institute Partner to Reduce Climate Impacts From Data Centres With New Energy Optimization System
- Accelerating Innovation in Health: Boehringer Ingelheim and the Vector Institute to Collaborate on AI
- Royal Bank of Canada Reaffirms Vector Institute Sponsorship Through 2027
- Bell Enters Into a Strategic Engagement With the Vector Institute to Advance Artificial Intelligence Research and Applications
- TD Builds on Commitment to Advance AI With Early Renewal of Vector Institute Partnership
2021
- New Program Aims to Accelerate AI-Fueled Growth for Small-and-Medium-Sized Businesses
- Accelerating Innovation and Growth: OMERS and the Vector Institute to Collaborate on AI
- Vector Sponsorship From NVIDIA Renewed Through 2027
- Vector Co-Founder Raquel Urtasun Raises $100 Million for Self-Driving Startup Waabi
- Geoffrey Hinton Receives Honorary Degree From University of Toronto
- Federal Government Renews Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
- Vector Collaborates With Phase AI on New Career Skills Program
- Vector Institute Releases First Annual Ontario AI Snapshot
2020
- Vector Welcomes 2020 Cohort of Faculty Affiliates
- Vector Institute Establishes New AI Engineering Team to Ramp up Applied AI for Sponsors and Partners
- Unveiling the Vector Institute’s New Three-Year Strategy
- Vector Partners With Michener Institute of Education at UHN to Embed AI Into Healthcare Practice
- Jane Philpott Named Special Advisor of the Ontario Health Data Platform Which Vector Is Supporting With Computing Infrastructure and Data Science Expertise
- Vector Scholarship in AI Announcement
- Toronto Star: Toronto-Based Heart Health App Medly Helps Patients Monitor Symptom Changes at Home
2019
- Mitacs to Collaborate With Vector Institute to Accelerate Placement of AI Interns Into Canadian Industry
- Vector Institute Appoints Eight New Faculty Members, Announces Plans to Recruit Three New Faculty in Deep Learning With the University of Toronto
- Vector Institute Names 29 New Faculty Affiliates
- League Announces New Agreement With the Vector Institute
- Vector Institute Announces Second Cohort of Vector Scholarship in AI Recipients
- Vector Institute’s Chief Scientific Advisor, Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, Receives ACM A.M. Turing Award Alongside Dr. Yoshua Bengio and Dr. Yann LeCun
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2017
- Geoffrey Hinton Named Among Bloomberg’s List of 50 Most Influential People of 2017
- Government of Ontario Commits $30 Million to Vector to Accelerate Growth in the Number of Professional Applied Masters’ Graduates in Artificial Intelligence
- Vector Institute Appoints Dr. Garth Gibson as President and CEO
- Toronto Star: New Institute Aims to Make Toronto an ‘Intellectual Centre’ of AI Capability
- Globe and Mail: Artificial Intelligence Is the Future, and Canada Can Seize It
- Reuters: Canadian Government, Businesses Back $150 Million Artificial Intelligence Institute
- BNN: Canada Bets Big on AI With AI Institute
- BBC: Vector Institute Is Just the Latest in Canada’s AI Expansion
Media mentions
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- The Globe and Mail | ‘Potentially very dangerous’: Nobel winner Hinton wants AI minister to regulate the tech
- Betakit | “Light, tight, right” regulation: Minister Evan Solomon unpacks how Canada plans to support domestic AI and quantum computing
- The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett | Godfather of AI (Podcast)
- Canadian Family Offices | Large language models are the human ‘face’ of the AI revolution. But are they ready for prime time?
- MarTech Edge | Ethical AI & Marketing: Insights from Kari Clarke-Zemnickis
- Toronto Star | Carney government balancing AI regulation against the promise to unlock its potential
- CBC Maritime Noon | On the phone-in: Experts answer questions about artificial intelligence
- The Quantum Insider | Study Introduces an AI Agent That Automates Quantum Chemistry Tasks From Natural Language Prompts
- Betakit | Cohere Labs head calls “unreliable” AI leaderboard rankings a “crisis” in the field
- The Globe and Mail | In a world of AI advances, soft skills can set you apart and get you the job
- The Globe and Mail | Canada’s Best Executives 2025
- Yale Environment 360 | A.I. Is Quietly Powering a Revolution in Weather Prediction
- Toronto Life | “Everyone should have a voice in tech”: Machine learning researcher Colin Raffel explains his decision to move from North Carolina to Toronto
- The Globe and Mail | Protect ‘valuable’ Canadian health data from Donald Trump’s AI aspirations, experts urge
- The Logic | This new test shows the pros and cons of major AI models
- Betakit | Vector Institute hires ex-TD, Thomson Reuters leader Glenda Crisp as president and CEO
- InfoWorld | Vector Institute aims to clear up confusion about AI model performance
- Betakit | Leaders discuss the right speed for innovation and regulation at Remarkable AI conference
- Inside Precision Medicine | AI in Healthcare: Boon or Burden?
- Global News | Trudeau says powering AI without compromising climate change is a G7 priority
- Toronto Star | Should you trust ChatGPT and DeepSeek with your data? Here’s what the experts say
- The Hub | ‘Canadian companies should seize the moment’: Cameron Schuler on AI’s deep history and bright future in Canada
- Toronto Star | Can human researchers flourish in the age of intelligent machines?
- Drug Discovery World | Quantum computing approach targets ‘undruggable’ protein
- BNN Bloomberg | How researchers are using quantum computing to target an ‘undruggable’ cancer protein
- Canadian Family Offices | Family offices may be falling behind in adopting AI-driven efficiencies
- Nature | Self-driving laboratories, advanced immunotherapies and five more technologies to watch in 2025
- The Atlantic | Can Generative AI Uncover the ‘Language of Biology’?
- CBC | Will we control AI, or will it control us? Top researchers weigh in
- Drug Discovery World | Canadian start-up looking to boost drug development success rates
- Kukmin Ilbo | 글로벌 인재 영입 사활 벡터연구소… 캐나다 ‘AI 강국’ 두각 [출처] – 국민일보 [원본링크]
- MIT Technology Review | This lab robot mixes chemicals
- The Globe and Mail | One of the busiest emergency departments in Ontario also has some of the shortest wait times
- The Globe and Mail | How AI will affect health care and patients in Canadian hospitals, according to a scientist leading the charge
- The Globe and Mail | Geoffrey Hinton, who warned of AI’s dangers, co-wins Nobel Prize in Physics
- New York Times | Nobel Physics Prize Awarded for Pioneering A.I. Research by 2 Scientists
- New York Times | A.I. Pioneers Call for Protections Against ‘Catastrophic Risks’
- Toronto Star | AI ‘early warning’ system shows promise in preventing hospital deaths, study says
- Betakit | Academics, nonprofits caught in middle of data consent fight as AI companies push for access to copyrighted works
- Financial Post | AI can be a big asset to directors if they know how to use it
- Toronto Star | Federal government announces $2 billion investment to support AI research, growth
- Maclean’s | The Power List: AI
- Global News | What is a self-driving lab? How AI is helping the fight against climate change
- Canadian Lawyer | Deepfakes: GenAI making phoney and real evidence harder to discern, says Maura Grossman
- Financial Post | Meet Nvidia’s Canadian secret weapon
- Financial Post | Looking for AI talent in all the right places
- Outsourcing Pharma | AI and robotics: The future of rug formulation and revolutionizing patient care
- Associated Press | AI ‘gold rush’ for chatbot training data could run out of human-written text
- Betakit | Waabi fuels up to launch fully driverless trucks in 2025 with $275-million CAD Series B
- HR Reporter | Are you overburdening your tech talent?
- Toronto Star | Tech Update: New report shows how GenAI adoption can boost Canada’s GDP
- IT World Canada | Charting Canada’s AI future: Firms must move quick, innovate, panel says
- The Conversation | Artificial intelligence needs to be trained on culturally diverse datasets to avoid bias
- The Logic | AI can’t be slowed down, Hinton says in call to ban open-source models
- Betakit | Vector Institute leaders chart AI hub’s progress and the challenges that remain
- The Globe and Mail | The architecture of AI: U of T’s new research hub rises
- The Globe and Mail | Canada signs letter of intent with AI giant Nvidia during CEO’s trip to Toronto
- The Globe and Mail | Canadian health care workers turn to AI for help amid a staffing crisis
- The Globe and Mail | AI models ‘collapse’ and spout gibberish over time, research finds. But there could be a fix
- The Logic | ‘Future leaders’: Inside the Canadian summer school that’s a global hothouse for AI talent
- National Post | Real estate’s AI revolution
- The Logic | AI recruiters aren’t taking the summer off. Neither are these students
- The Actuary Magazine | AI and the Pension Industry: One actuary’s look at the potential benefits of AI initiatives
- Toronto Star | Oh, Canada! Six visionaries on the country’s greatest past — and future — discoveries
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