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@mark-carney.bsky.social visited U of T, meeting with @vectorinstitute.ai and SRI researchers.

He highlighted Canada’s historic investment in AI development, oversight, and stewardship—and the need for all Canadians to “take care of each other.”

📷 with SRI Chair @davidduvenaud.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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🔔 Week 6 of the fall SRI Seminar Series has arrived on VOD.

🗣️ Talk: Peter Salib (@uhlaw.bsky.social): AI rights for human safety

🎙️ Moderator: @theannasu.bsky.social, @uoftlaw.bsky.social

📼 Watch the full recording: youtu.be/ZPSQdskoA9Q?...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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AI therapy bots are on the rise.

✅ Can lower barriers to care
❌ Can fail in moments of crisis

Our new brief outlines recommendations for how to close the regulatory gap before harm outweighs potential benefits.

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Therapy bots: Regulating the future of AI-enabled mental health support — Schwartz Reisman Institute
AI therapy chatbots promise accessible mental health support—but without proper oversight, they risk misleading users and causing harm. The Schwartz Reisman Institute’s new policy brief outlines how C...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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In the age of smartphones, why do we feel more bored than ever? 🥱 In this episode of The Short Answer, #UofT professor Michael Inzlicht gives us advice on finding more effortful & meaningful interactions. uoft.me/bYO
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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📢 ICYMI: “There will be systems much smarter than us that may not be aligned with us.” — David Duvenaud

Read our recap and watch the full SRI Seminar on dangerous capability evaluations, AI safety, and alignment: tinyurl.com/yj9bm5f4

#AI #AIsafety #Alignment #UofT @davidduvenaud.bsky.social
The big picture of dangerous capability evaluations: David Duvenaud at the Seminar Series — Schwartz Reisman Institute
How can we stay in control when AI systems surpass human intelligence? In a recent SRI Seminar, Schwartz Reisman Chair David Duvenaud explored the frontier of AI safety, alignment, and governance , i...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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💡This week in the SRI Seminar Series: Lucy Suchman (Lancaster) — “Closed worlds and the constitutive outsides of artificial intelligence”

📆 Wed, Nov 5 - 12:30-2:00 PM ET | Free online 🔗
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Moderator: Sheila McIlraith, @uoftcompsci.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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📣 Week 5 of the fall SRI Seminar Series has arrived on VOD

SRI Chair @davidduvenaud.bsky.social (University of Toronto Department of Computer Science, @vectorinstitute.ai) for “The big picture of LLM dangerous capability evals.”

🎙️Moderator: Sheila McIlraith

📼 Watch here: youtu.be/zvIN7PnVuy4?...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Global security expert Bruce Schneier joins SRI and the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy as a visiting senior policy fellow. His work on AI, trust, and governance will help shape how we build secure, human-centred technologies.

🔗 Read more: srinstitute.utoronto.ca/news/technop...
SRI appoints Bruce Schneier as visiting senior policy fellow — Schwartz Reisman Institute
Global security expert and author Bruce Schneier—known for reshaping how the world understands security, privacy, and trust—has joined the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & P...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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📣 Registration is OPEN for @uoft-tcairem.bsky.social 2025 Conference!
🗓️ Nov. 14, 2025 in #Toronto!
🎤 The Evolution of #GenerativeAI
💡 Panels, debates & talks with leading #AI & #medicine experts
🔗 www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-t-cai...

#AIinMedicine #AI #HealthAI #MedTech #AIinHealthcare
October 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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🖥️ Video of @rcalo.bsky.social's SRI Seminar Series talk is now online.

In “Law and technology: A methodical approach”, Calo explores how law can navigate the unique challenges posed by technology.

📼 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFX1...
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October 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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What does AI ethics look like beyond Silicon Valley? 🌏

Join Ishtiaque Ahmed (@uoftcompsci.bsky.social) as he explores how communities across the Global South shape—and challenge—the ethics of AI.

📅 Nov 12
🔗https://www.youtube.com/live/jLpOB2Q9KzI?si=15cL21POyOsRAEYI

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October 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Day 1 of Who’s Afraid of AI? kicks off today at the University of Toronto. We’re proud to support this conference exploring the social, ethical, and creative implications of AI, featuring SRI Advisory Board member Geoffrey Hinton’s keynote.

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October 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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⏰Today in the fall SRI Seminar Series!

12:30-2:00 PM ET🔹Peter Salib (@uhlaw.bsky.social): AI rights for human safety

Moderator: @theannasu.bsky.social, @uoftlaw.bsky.social

Join live → www.eventbrite.ca/e/sri-semina...
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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It’s almost here. Who’s Afraid of AI? (Oct. 23–24 at the University of Toronto) will bring together a range of scholars, artists, and researchers for a rare interdisciplinary conversation about the futures of intelligence.

🔗Join the waitlist: tinyurl.com/bdjsdycm
October 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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📢 This week in the SRI Seminar Series: @petersalib.bsky.social on "AI rights for human safety"

📅 Wednesday, Oct 22 | 12:30 ET | Online

🎤 Moderator: @theannasu.bsky.social, @uoftlaw.bsky.social

🔗 www.eventbrite.ca/e/sri-semina...
October 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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📼 Video of Anastasia Kuzminykh’s fall SRI Seminar Series session is now online!

💡 In “The power of discussion: Designing useful communication with AI agents”, Kuzminykh discusses the role of conversation architecture in supporting efficient human-AI collaboration.

▶️ Watch: youtu.be/fpL546QeAlE
Schwartz Reisman Institute Seminar Series promotional image featuring a photo of Anastasia Kuzminykh.
October 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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🗓️ Today at 12:30 PM ET! Join SRI Chair @davidduvenaud.bsky.social for “The big picture of LLM dangerous capability evals.”

This special seminar is co-hosted with @uoftcompsci.bsky.social’s C.C. “Kelly” Gotlieb Distinguished Lecture Series.

🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.ca/e/sri-semina...
SRI Seminar Series: David Duvenaud [HYBRID EVENT]
Join us for a seminar featuring the University of Toronto's David Duvenaud on Wednesday, October 15th.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Video of Hamsa Bastani’s fall SRI Seminar Series session is now online!

In “Unpacking the unintended consequences of AI in education”, Bastani shares the results from the first large-scale field experiment deploying generative AI tutors in high school math classrooms.

▶️ Watch: youtu.be/YjkfsKzoNJE
Hamsa Bastani | Unpacking the unintended consequences of AI in education
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October 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Associate Professor @davidduvenaud.bsky.social presents "The big picture of LLM dangerous capability evals" as part of the C.C. "Kelly" Gotlieb Distinguished Lecture Series, in partnership with the @torontosri.bsky.social Seminar Series.

Weds, Oct. 15, 12:30 PM ET
Register: uoft.me/bUg
Promotional poster for the Schwartz Reisman Institute Seminar Series in partnership with the University of Toronto Department of Computer Science’s C.C. “Kelly” Gotlieb Distinguished Lecture Series. Event titled “The Big Picture of LLM Dangerous Capability Evals” by David Duvenaud, Schwartz Reisman Chair in Technology and Society, Associate Professor in Computer Science, Canada CIFAR AI Chair at the Vector Institute. The event takes place on October 15, 2025, from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m., offered in-person and virtually. URL: uoft.me/thebigpicture. Includes University of Toronto, Schwartz Reisman Institute, and Department of Computer Science logos, with a headshot of David Duvenaud in a circular frame on the right.
October 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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SRI Advisory Board member Geoffrey Hinton appeared on The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart to discuss where AI stands—and where it might lead us.

“AI: What Could Go Wrong? with Geoffrey Hinton” is live now.

▶ Listen here 👇 link.chtbl.com/AIWhatCouldG...
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October 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Canada helped shape the AI revolution. Now it’s time to ask: how can AI serve humanity’s future?

SRI is a proud sponsor of Who’s Afraid of AI? (Oct. 23–24 at U of T), bringing the debate to centre stage.

Register 👉 bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca?page_id=4423
October 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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The fall SRI Seminar Series continues TODAY at 12:30 PM ET with @rcalo.bsky.social (@uwlaw.bsky.social).

"Law and technology — a methodical approach"

Join live → www.eventbrite.ca/e/sri-semina...
SRI Seminar Series: Ryan Calo
Join us for a seminar featuring the University of Washington's Ryan Calo on Wednesday, October 8th.
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October 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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What comes after AGI?

SRI Chair @davidduvenaud.bsky.social convened leading researchers & policymakers to explore possible futures beyond artificial general intelligence—and why no one yet has a plausible path where human interests remain protected.

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David Duvenaud reflects on post-AGI workshop — Schwartz Reisman Institute
SRI Chair David Duvenaud shares reflections from the Post-AGI workshop, highlighting the value of diverse perspectives and the challenges of envisioning post-AGI trajectories.
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October 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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💡Up next in the fall SRI Seminar Series: @rcalo.bsky.social (@uwlaw.bsky.social) — “Law and technology: A methodical approach”

Wed, Oct 8 12:30 PM ET | Free online 🔗https://tinyurl.com/3rsnvcbc
October 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Can AI be a friend?

At the third Technophilosophy Soirée, led by @karinavold.bsky.social, SRI brought together scholars to ask how AI companionship is changing the way we connect, empathize and understand each other.

🎥→ tinyurl.com/ys4wdzeb
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AI in the friend zone: Rethinking companionship — Schwartz Reisman Institute
Can we have genuine relationships with AI systems? At the third Technophilosophy Soiree, conceived of and led by SRI Research Lead Karina Vold , leading thinkers from a variety of disciplines explore...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM