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Monique Crichlow retweeted
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#NSERC launches the Geoffrey Hinton Prizes!
These prizes recognize Discovery Grant applicants leveraging #AI in novel, innovative and impactful ways.
Learn more ▶️ tinyurl.com/3k8pnk8p
#NSERC_Prizes
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Monique Crichlow retweeted
🎧 Check out The Decibel podcast @globeandmail for my conversation with @SherrillS about Moltbook, AI agents and consciousness:
theglobeandmail.com/podcasts…
@UofTEthics @UofTSchmidt_AI @UofT_IHPST @TorontoSRI
Monique Crichlow retweeted
Monique Crichlow retweeted
🌐 AI’s future depends on interoperability, not fragmentation.
Yesterday, @CEIMIA released its new report, “Aiming for AI Interoperability: Opportunities And Challenges,” independently developed with support from @Googleorg.
📰 Read the full press release:bit.ly/4aepog4
ALT CEIMIA releases report and policy brief focused on path forward for AI interoperability. Read the press release.
Monique Crichlow retweeted
It’s coming up fast—Nov 24—please submit expression of interest. All areas in AI safety, alignment and ethics. We’re hoping this is truly international effort, leading into AI Action Summit in Paris February 2025
iaseai.org/conference
I'm excited to be a program co-chair (along with @dhadfieldmenell , @ARGleave and @ea_seger) for the inaugural conference of the international association for safe and ethical AI (6-7 February 2025). Please submit your expression of interest or a talk abstract and join us in Paris! Deadline: 24 November
Monique Crichlow retweeted
What's inside Canada's new online harms bill? 🇨🇦
SRI researchers including scholars from @UofTInfoFaculty and @UofTLaw take us on a tour through key aspects of the bill, from a taxonomy of harms to the duties of social media platforms and beyond.
uoft.me/agq
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Monique Crichlow retweeted
I'm teaching a new course on AI Alignment this term at the University of Toronto. The first half will cover idealized models of future AI systems (optimal planners, universal induction, etc.), and the second half will cover practical alignment techniques in the context of LLMs.
Monique Crichlow retweeted
📢 Join our team! We're looking for two new staff members to help us ensure that advanced technologies make the world a better place for everyone.
🔗 Learn more and apply:
💡 Manager, Strategic Initiatives jobs.utoronto.ca/job-invite/…
💡 Policy Researcher jobs.utoronto.ca/job-invite/…
Monique Crichlow retweeted
📢 Join us for the first Toronto Public Tech Workshop, hosted by the Schwartz Reisman Institute and @munkschool, to explore new and emerging research on the use of technology for public purposes.
🗓️ June 9th, 2023, in person
🔗 Register now: uoft.me/public-tech-2023
ALT The Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society and Munk School for Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto host the first Toronto Public Tech Workshop, in person on June 9th, 2023.
Monique Crichlow retweeted
The annual Canadian Fintech Summit @CFSTO starts today in Toronto! And SRI's new report on using existing consumer protections in Canada to regulate #AI in financial services is out now. Learn more: uoft.me/996 #CanadianTechTogether #fintech
Monique Crichlow retweeted
Are you doing work on the public use of technology? Please propose a paper for our workshop to be held in the early June. A wonderful chance to get great feedback in a great city at a great time of year.
(HT to the Toronto Political Behaviour Workshop for pioneering the model).
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS: SRI and @munkschool co-host the inaugural Toronto Public Tech Workshop June 9-10th, which will present new and exciting research exploring the use of technology for public purposes. Deadline to apply: April 30th.
🔗 Learn more: uoft.me/publictech
ALT A poster for the inaugural Toronto Public Tech Workshop, June 9–10, 2023, featuring a city map in the shape of a brain.
Monique Crichlow retweeted
📣 Join our team! The Schwartz Reisman Institute is hiring two new roles to support our mission of ensuring that advanced technologies benefit everyone.
Associate Director, Research Engagement: uoft.me/92Z
Research Engagement Officer: uoft.me/92X
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Monique Crichlow retweeted
Exclusive: In its quest to make ChatGPT less toxic, OpenAI used outsourced Kenyan laborers earning less than $2 per hour ti.me/3HfiEQ9
Monique Crichlow retweeted
💡 Are you a #UofT researcher who is passionate about ensuring new technologies are responsible and fair?
Apply for a 2023 Schwartz Reisman faculty or graduate fellowship. Deadline: February 5, 2023.
Learn more: bit.ly/sri-fellowships-2023
ALT Schwartz Reisman Fellowships are now open! Apply by February 5, 2023.
Monique Crichlow retweeted
💡 New on our site: How can we harness the economic benefits of AI? A new report from SRI in collaboration with @BDC_Capital explores key takeaways from a roundtable on the use of AI in financial services.
Learn more: bit.ly/3fmPjZ1
ALT Adopt, innovate, regulate: Emerging solutions for the use of AI in financial services
Monique Crichlow retweeted
📣 Announcement: SRI Director @ghadfield has been named a Canada CIFAR AI Chair. A #UofT professor at @UTLaw and @rotmanschool, Hadfield is the first @VectorInst-affiliated social scientist to be named to the @CIFAR_News program.
Learn more: bit.ly/3gCnb4m
Congratulations to all appointees! Read the full announcement with more details about how these researchers are helping to advance the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy at CIFAR.
bit.ly/3gHJZzP
Monique Crichlow retweeted
📢 #UofT launches the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, for natural sciences and engineering PhDs to pursue new #AI research methodologies in their domain. Value: $85k/yr.
Learn more: bit.ly/3DAF0Ke
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Monique Crichlow retweeted
💡 New on our site: Will Canada's Consumer Privacy Protection Act ensure best practices for data privacy? @Lisa_M_Austin, @NicolasPapernot, @thesasho, and @david_lie argue the legislation falls short due to its reliance on deidentified data.
Read more: bit.ly/3TzMKBR
Monique Crichlow retweeted
Our team is growing! Welcome to our new staff members: Business Officer Helena Ko, Policy Researcher Isaac Gazendam, and Research Assistant Isabelle Savoie. Learn more: bit.ly/3CRdXJa
ALT Helena Ko, Isaac Gazendam, Isabelle Savoie.
Monique Crichlow retweeted
My post this week on #BillC27 looks at whether it address concerns over the need for a human rights-based approach to data protection: teresascassa.ca/index.php?op… @uOttawaTechLaw