Sonja Solomun on the risks of autonomous AI and climate disinformation | Canada's National Observer

Published: 5 March 2026

February 27, 2026 | Sonja Solomun and her co-author Chris Russill write in Canada’s National Observer about how autonomous AI agents could transform the landscape of climate disinformation. Using a...

Taylor Owen's Report to the AI Strategic Task Force | The Globe and Mail

Published: 23 January 2026

January 22, 2026 | Taylor Owen recently submitted a report to the Minister of AI and Digital Innovation with recommendations on democratic governance and safety in his capacity as a member of...

Taylor Owen Appointed to Government of Canada AI Strategy Task Force

Published: 30 September 2025

September 26, 2025 | Taylor Owen, Max Bell Professor at McGill University and Founding Director of the Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy, has been appointed to the Government of Canada’s...

McGill teams win big in new ‘Omics’ cancer competition

Published: 5 November 2020

Earlier today, a Quebec based consortium of research institutes (Génome Québec, Oncopole and IVADO) announced the winners of their first-ever “Omics Data Against Cancer” competition, and McGill...

Nine McGill researchers selected in newest round of Canada CIFAR AI Chairs

Published: 9 December 2019

CIFAR today announced its newest cohort of Canada CIFAR AI Chairs, which includes nine researchers from McGill University, bringing the total number of McGill researchers named to the program to 17...

Mila inaugurates its new premises in Mile-Ex

Published: 30 January 2019

Mila – Quebec Institute of Artificial Intelligence officially inaugurated its new premises at the O Mile-Ex complex this week, in the presence of the Minister of Economy and Innovation for the...

AI Could Predict Cognitive Decline Leading to Alzheimer’s Disease in the Next 5 Years

Published: 4 October 2018

A team of scientists has successfully trained a new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to make accurate predictions regarding cognitive decline leading to Alzheimer’s disease.

Expert: Google Duplex / AI

Published: 10 May 2018

Google’s AI fest offers an ominous glimpse of the robot future: Machines fooling humans into thinking they are people raise obvious ethical concerns (source: Financial Times)

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