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In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Daniel Dennett

Daniel Dennett is remembered as a world-renowned philosopher for his writings on consciousness and AI. Dennett was an Ad...

April 25, 2024

AI and Society

Beyond privacy: it’s time for a rights-based approach to regulating AI for children

New CIFAR AI Insights report proposes tools for policymakers that extend beyond standard privacy-driven strategies for d...

April 24, 2024
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Announcement

CIFAR recognized with two prestigious IABC/Toronto OVATION Awards

CIFAR recognized for its 2023 REACH magazine and Nurturing a Resilient Earth series.

April 11, 2024

Announcement

Federal government announces support for AI priorities

Government bolsters Canada’s AI computing capabilities, funds work on adoption, AI safety

April 08, 2024

Announcement

Sun Life gift helps train Canada’s workforce for the responsible adoption of AI

Sun Life has partnered with CIFAR in support of Destination AI / Objectif IA; a free online course introducing AI litera...

April 04, 2024
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Announcement

CIFAR receives Google.org grant to bolster key research in sustainability and responsible AI

In support of Canada’s thriving AI ecosystem, CIFAR has received a Google. org grant of $1 million USD to bolster crit...

March 18, 2024

AI and Society

CIFAR’s AI for Health Solution Networks hold first meetings

Two new CIFAR Solution Networks, Integrated AI for Health Imaging and AI for Diabetes Prediction & Prevention, recently...

March 13, 2024
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Earth 4D: Subsurface Science and Exploration

In Memoriam: Jan Amend

The CIFAR community is mourning the loss of Jan Amend. Amend was the inaugural Chair of CIFAR’s Earth 4D: Subsurface S...

February 20, 2024

CIFAR Talks

Women in Research: A conversation with CIFAR’s Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin

February 15, 2024
Collage of photos of the new appointed Chairs

Announcement

CIFAR welcomes five new Canada CIFAR AI Chairs

Today CIFAR announced five new Canada CIFAR AI Chairs who will join the more than 120 Chairs already appointed at Canada...

February 13, 2024

Brilliant Minds

Read about the extraordinary people in our research community.
A black and white photo of Daniel Dennett

In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Daniel Dennett

Daniel Dennett is remembered as a world-renowned philosopher for his writings on consciousness and AI. Dennett was an Ad...

April 25, 2024
Black and white photo of Jan Amend

Earth 4D: Subsurface Science and Exploration

In Memoriam: Jan Amend

The CIFAR community is mourning the loss of Jan Amend. Amend was the inaugural Chair of CIFAR’s Earth 4D: Subsurface S...

February 20, 2024

CIFAR Talks

Women in Research: A conversation with CIFAR’s Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin

February 15, 2024

CIFAR Talks

Women in Research: A conversation with CIFAR’s Jessica Metcalf

February 07, 2024
photo Gerald R. Heffernan

In Memoriam

Remembering Gerald Heffernan

Gerald Heffernan, former CIFAR Board member and one of our cherished supporters, recently passed

August 23, 2023
Alan Bernstein

Award

Dr. Alan Bernstein named U of T Professor Emeritus

The title reflects Bernstein’s past and continued substantive contributions to the University of Toronto community

October 31, 2022

Artificial Intelligence News

Discover the latest AI news and research that’s changing the world.

AI and Society

CIFAR’s AI for Health Solution Networks hold first meetings

Two new CIFAR Solution Networks, Integrated AI for Health Imaging and AI for Diabetes Prediction & Prevention, recently...

March 13, 2024
Collage of photos of the new appointed Chairs

Announcement

CIFAR welcomes five new Canada CIFAR AI Chairs

Today CIFAR announced five new Canada CIFAR AI Chairs who will join the more than 120 Chairs already appointed at Canada...

February 13, 2024
Image of a Canadian maple leaf draped over a globe, with an intricate background of binary code lines. Image generated using Adobe Firefly.

AI Science

AI Canada! Premier global AI conference includes strong Canadian representation

This year hosted in New Orleans, NeurIPS 2023 once again featured strong Canadian representation, with more than 170 acc...

December 15, 2023
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AI and Society

Policy advice for navigating regulation in the age of AI: think bigger

New report from the CIFAR AI Insights Policy Briefs series cautions that current efforts to regulate AI are doomed to fa...

November 21, 2023
Image generated by AI showing a robot looking at a mirror, wearing a red hat and scarf, with a Canadian flag in the background.

AI Science

Canada’s foundational role in generative AI

Canada’s strong competitiveness in the generative AI field has its roots in longstanding Canadian support of responsib...

October 20, 2023
Towards Measuring and Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Large Language Models

AI and Society

Generative AI doesn’t have to generate climate disaster

A new report published by CIFAR outlines basic steps for policymakers on how to measure and address the environmental im...

September 25, 2023

Research & Advances

Explore the latest discoveries and ideas from our community.
Ellora Derenoncourt

Advances

The racial wealth gap: How it started and how we can fix it

The racial wealth gap in the United States hasn’t changed in 70 years. CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar Ellora Derenoncour...

September 06, 2023
A banner image graphic with a portrait of Candice Odgers, program co-director of the Child & Brain Development program

Advances

Social media fuelling youth mental health crisis? CIFAR researcher cites other causes

In May, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory about the impact of social media on adolescent mental health, refuel...

August 25, 2023
Flowers accompanying the Very Large Array on the Plains of San Agustin, NM.

Advances

CIFAR members among team to find first evidence of low-frequency gravitational waves

Astrophysicists have found first evidence for gravitational waves that oscillate for periods of years to decades. This n...

June 29, 2023
Adeel Razi, looking off into the distance, posing at a round window in a tan suit.

Advances

Believe the Impossible: The future of… human consciousness

From making neurons play Pong, to studying how psychedelics alter states of consciousness, Adeel Razi is taking non-trad...

February 09, 2023

Advances

Behind the headlines: Will the nuclear fusion breakthrough save the planet?

Curtis Berlinguette, clean-energy researcher and program co-director of the Bio-Inspired Solar Energy program at CIFAR,...

January 10, 2023
Leah Cowen

Advances

Believe the Impossible: The Future of…Treating Infectious Fungal Diseases

Leah Cowen, co-director of CIFAR’s Fungal Kingdom program, discusses the often overlooked fungi, from new opportunitie...

November 03, 2022
Fungal Kingdom Illustration

Brief

The Future of Fungi: Threats and Opportunities

CIFAR and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund held a workshop to help chart the future challenges and opportunities presented by...

October 19, 2022
Dhanya Sridhar

Advances

Believe the Impossible: The Future of… Fairness in AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is extremely prevalent, but is it fair? Dhanya Sridhar, Canada CIFAR AI Chair, d...

September 12, 2022
Carolina Tropini

Advances

Believe the Impossible: The Future of… human gut health

Carolina Tropini, a fellow in CIFAR’s Humans & the Microbiome program, gives insights in studying the human microbiota...

August 11, 2022
INDUSTRY FINAL

Brief

CIFAR Workshop on Astronomy/Cosmology and Artificial Intelligence

Optimizing AI/ML use in astronomy/cosmology, applying (astro)physics to AI's theoretical underpinnings

July 19, 2022

In the News

A selection of international news coverage of the global CIFAR research community.

CIFAR in the News

Slate | Those Beautiful James Webb Space Telescope Images Are Just the Beginning

July 13, 2022

CIFAR in the News

Toronto Star | Can we make artificial intelligence less racist?

June 22, 2022

CIFAR in the News

The New York Times | ‘It’s Life of Death’: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens

April 23, 2022

CIFAR in the News

Financial Post | Lunch with Dan Breznitz: 'Our kids will have a worse life than us, unless we change Canadian business'

April 19, 2022

CIFAR in the News

The Verge | Keywords from hallucinogenic experiences can help find parts of the brain affected by drugs

March 16, 2022

CIFAR in the News

New Scientist | There are neurons in the brain that only seem to respond to singing

February 22, 2022
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