ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University News - AI /channels/news_feeds/all/term/AI/rss en Taylor Owen on Europe's Strategic AI Shift Amid Geopolitical Fractures /channels/channels/news/taylor-owen-europes-strategic-ai-shift-amid-geopolitical-fractures-363690 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>February 12, 2025 | Professor <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/taylor-owen">Taylor Owen</a> writes about the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-vibe-shift-comes-europe-taylor-owen-alpyc/?trackingId=YYXrMCy1QrWuM0dPmM0Zkw%3D%3D">"vibe-shift" of AI</a> as he comes back from the Paris AI Action Summit. Owen explains how the governments are pivoting from regulating AI risks to aggressively pursuing foreign direct investment, and Europe faces a new era of AI adoption.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/paris_summit_taylor_2025.png?itok=OiCD1I91" width="160" height="90" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">17 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:52:02 +0000 webfull 207223 at /channels Taylor Owen on New AI Reality for Children | The Globe and Mail /channels/channels/news/taylor-owen-new-ai-reality-children-globe-and-mail-362677 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>January 16, 2025 | In an article by <em>The Global and Mail</em>, Professor <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/taylor-owen">Taylor Owen</a> shared his concerns regarding the AI becoming a threat for younger generation. The rapid advancement of the AI, poses a grave question of who is responsible for the actions and outcomes of an AI chatbot? Especially when it comes to children and adolescents.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/the_globe_mail_banner.png?itok=XCJuy1BL" width="160" height="23" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">16 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 16 Jan 2025 19:16:42 +0000 webfull 206050 at /channels Cutting-edge technology detects nanoplastics in water – instantly /channels/channels/news/cutting-edge-technology-detects-nanoplastics-water-instantly-357890 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ-led research team has developed the first real-time, on-site technology capable of detecting and deciphering nanoplastics from all other particles in water, a capacity akin to being able to find a needle in a haystack within milliseconds.</p> <p>Microplastic pieces are between 1 micrometre and 5 millimetres, roughly equivalent to a grain of rice. Nanoplastics are far tinier - a single nanometre is just 0.000001 millimetres. For comparison, a human hair is approximately 80,000–100,000 nanometers wide.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gettyimages-1263568234.jpg?itok=FteqOa3q" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">4 </span><span class="month">July </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 04 Jul 2024 17:50:18 +0000 webfull 200712 at /channels Experts: The impact of AI on education  /channels/channels/news/experts-impact-ai-education-357280 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>ChatGPT and other generative AI tools are changing the way students learn, from grade school to grad school. On April 25, the Higher Council of Education, jointly with the Commission on Ethics in Science and Technology, submitted a <a href="https://www.cse.gouv.qc.ca/des-recommandations-pour-encadrer-lutilisation-de-lia-generative-en-enseignement-superieur/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">report</a> calling for the supervision and regulation of AI in higher education in Quebec.   </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/ai_and_education.jpg?itok=9uHGVHy8" width="160" height="96" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">8 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 08 May 2024 16:18:09 +0000 webfull 200000 at /channels Machine Like Us Podcast Series | The Globe and Mail /channels/channels/news/machine-us-podcast-series-globe-and-mail-357258 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>May 7, 2024 | We are living in an age of breakthroughs propelled by advances in artificial intelligence. Technologies that were once the realm of science fiction are now transpiring into our reality. <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/machines-like-us/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Machine Like Us</a> is a technology show where every other Tuesday <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/taylor-owen" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Taylor Owen</a> sits down with the people shaping this rapidly approaching future.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/machine_like_us_podcast_bg.png?itok=xeqA8ovN" width="160" height="38" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">7 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 07 May 2024 14:53:04 +0000 webfull 199971 at /channels $4.5 million for three FRQS Dual Chairs in Artificial Intelligence and Health co-led by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ researchers /channels/channels/news/45-million-three-frqs-dual-chairs-artificial-intelligence-and-health-co-led-mcgill-researchers-351138 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><i>The FRQS Dual AI Chairs Program supports research collaborations across disciplines in pursuit of the significant potential of AI to address some of humanity’s greatest health challenges. </i></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">21 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:15:44 +0000 webfull 192949 at /channels $3.75 M for new Global Climate Center on AI and Biodiversity Change /channels/channels/news/375-m-new-global-climate-center-ai-and-biodiversity-change-351041 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><i>NSERC Alliance Grant supports ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ-led Canadian team, new global climate center on AI for biodiversity change </i></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/abc_global_climate_center_main_figure.png?itok=OiyndETM" width="160" height="114" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">18 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 18 Sep 2023 20:40:09 +0000 webfull 192832 at /channels The future of AI governance a balancing act of privacy, ethics, and progress | The Hill Times /channels/channels/news/future-ai-governance-balancing-act-privacy-ethics-and-progress-hill-times-346958 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>March 16, 2023 | Master of Public Policy Candidate Aftab Ahmed, wrote about the innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne recently launching the second phase of the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy. Ottawa’s attempts to frame the ‘rules of the game’ for its digital economy is commendable, and the U.S. should be observing and emulating this approach. He said "Let me be clear: technology is not the enemy. Novel innovations can undeniably act as positive economic disruptors."</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/Artificial%20Intelligence%20Image%20?itok=l-aHE2eE" width="160" height="100" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">17 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 15:29:07 +0000 webfull 188192 at /channels What AI-generated COVID news tells us that journalists don’t /channels/channels/news/what-ai-generated-covid-news-tells-us-journalists-dont-344060 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>AI can help identify biases in news reporting that we wouldn't otherwise see. Researchers from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University got a computer program to generate news coverage of COVID-19 using headlines from CBC articles as prompts. They then compared the simulated news coverage to the actual reporting at the time and found that CBC coverage was less focused on the medical emergency and more positively focused on personalities and geo-politics.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/news-online.jpg?itok=xV1p6wUA" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">6 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 06 Dec 2022 14:17:18 +0000 webfull 185085 at /channels AI that can learn patterns of human language /channels/channels/news/ai-can-learn-patterns-human-language-342712 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Human languages are notoriously complex, and linguists have long thought it would be impossible to teach a machine how to analyze speech sounds and word structures in the way humans do. But researchers from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University, MIT, and Cornell University have taken a step in this direction. They have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can learn the rules and patterns of human languages on its own.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/ai-language-web.jpg?itok=DMHY7FHc" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">12 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 12 Oct 2022 14:27:33 +0000 webfull 183582 at /channels