"Godfather of deep learning" Geoffrey Hinton quits Google to warn against dangers of AI
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Hinton, Bengio, among 24 expert signatories with policy-focused AI recommendations in new letter

Signatories include multiple CIFAR chair members behind Canada’s Pan-Canadian AI Strategy. Canadian artificial intelligence (AI) pioneers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio have added their…

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IP expert Peter Cowan tapped to head Intellectual Property Ontario

Cowan expected to shape province’s IP policy, ensure a competitive IP landscape. The province of Ontario has chosen Peter Cowan, an often-tapped government resource…

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TD chief AI officer, CDL-Toronto lead team up with health expert for new healthtech startup, Signal 1

Signal 1 secured $12.7 million from Geoffrey Hinton, former Rogers CEO, others. Three Canadian technology leaders are coming together to launch a healthtech startup…

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