A University of Toronto study of over 9,000 job postings found that using 'genius' language like 'visionary' and 'unique' in creative job ads deters top talent, while 'explorer' language such as 'curi…
A blog owner is blocking old browser versions to combat high-volume crawlers suspected of gathering data for LLM training, causing feed readers like Inoreader and Feedly to display error pages instead…
A University of Toronto student argues that declining enrollment in humanities majors is harming workforce soft skills, citing a 2025 NACE survey showing 96.1% of employers value communication but onl…
The 2026 FIFA World Cup relies on thousands of data workers in India, Cambodia, the Philippines, and other countries to power AI tools like sensor-fitted balls, real-time tracking, and AI-assisted off…
Physicist and blogger Tommaso Dorigo delivered the second plenary talk at the AI4X - Accelerate Conference 2026 in Singapore, arguing that fundamental science needs a phase transition where AI guides …
Researchers at the University of Toronto introduced a novel method to evaluate second-order social bias in large language models (LLMs), where models exhibit bias in their judgments about biased conte…
Author Cory Doctorow discusses his lifelong relationship with technology, from a cardboard computer to professional programming, and explains how his background as a digital rights activist and scienc…
Author Cory Doctorow argues that generative AI should be viewed as a vernacular tool for amateur creators, not a replacement for professional work. Drawing on his own history as a programmer and digit…
BUZZ HPC, a subsidiary of HIVE Digital Technologies, announced plans to build a CAD $3.5 billion AI gigafactory in the Greater Toronto Area with 320 MW capacity to house over 100,000 GPUs. The facilit…
Waabi CEO Raquel Urtasun, a former Uber executive and AI researcher, says she prefers hiring Gen Z workers over industry veterans because of their adaptability and curiosity. Her autonomous trucking s…
Cameron Schuler, chief commercialization officer at the Vector Institute, urged stronger Japan-Canada AI collaboration in an interview with Jiji Press, naming manufacturing, financial services, and li…
University of Toronto researchers demonstrated a proof-of-concept adaptive AI worm that autonomously identifies and exploits known vulnerabilities across devices, achieving a 73.8% compromise rate in …
Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled Canada's new AI strategy Thursday, committing $30 million to the CanCode program to fund free digital-skills training in coding, AI and emerging technologies for ki…
A blog owner blocked access to their site for users of outdated browsers, particularly old Chrome versions, due to a surge of high-volume crawlers suspected of gathering data for LLM training in early…
University of Toronto researchers used a publicly available open-weight AI model released in 2025 to create a self-propagating computer worm that spread through an enterprise test network, according t…
University of Toronto researchers have developed a computer worm using a free, publicly available open-weight AI model that autonomously spreads through enterprise networks by exploiting known vulnera…
Attackers are using artificial intelligence to compress the vulnerability lifecycle from discovery to mass exploitation, making defenders' traditional assumption of having time to triage and patch dis…
Researchers from the University of Toronto, the University of Cambridge, and other institutions demonstrated a new AI-powered computer worm that autonomously generates tailored attack strategies for e…
Researchers at the University of Toronto, the Vector Institute, and the University of Cambridge have developed a proof-of-concept autonomous AI worm that uses a small, free large language model to ana…
Researchers from the University of Toronto demonstrated a prototype AI-powered worm that can autonomously spread across networks, exploit vulnerabilities across multiple platforms including Linux, Win…