Stuart Lombard, Ecobee founding CEO and president, announces retirement
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Ecobee’s Stuart Lombard retires, AI “godfathers” sign new policy letter

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"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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Yoshua Bengio
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A|I: The AI Times – Public letter escalation: Bengio & Hinton sign another warning

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Yoshua Bengio
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Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio warn “risk of extinction from AI” in public letter

Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio warn of “risk of extinction” from AI as more industry leaders ring the alarm to regulate the technology. Canadian…

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"Godfather of deep learning" Geoffrey Hinton quits Google to warn against dangers of AI
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A|I: The AI Times – Geoffrey Hinton issues warning, Cohere is soaring

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"Godfather of deep learning" Geoffrey Hinton quits Google to warn against dangers of AI
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“Godfather of deep learning” Geoffrey Hinton quits Google to warn against dangers of AI

Geoffrey Hinton, who has been internationally distinguished for his work on artificial intelligence (AI), has resigned from Google to warn about the dangers of…

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Ten years after revolutionary Geoffrey Hinton paper, AI headed towards new era of regulation
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Ten years after revolutionary Geoffrey Hinton paper, AI headed towards new era of regulation

Elevate Festival stage explores AI’s use in healthcare, climate change, and … Raptors games. Ten years after Geoffrey Hinton published a research paper on…

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