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When you ask Scout the chatbot how it’s doing, it tells you. “Wonderful. Books are my happy place.” The computer-based program has gradually been given a personality as it’s being […]

There’s a powerful new player watching what you buy so it can tailor product offerings for you: the bank behind your credit or debit card. For years, Google and Facebook […]

To be approved for a credit card or limit increase, banks often check your payment history, income and credit score. But a financial scandal that rocked Apple in November shows […]

Music can take us on an emotional journey. Now with the help of artificial intelligence, a team of scientists has broken down the different features in musical compositions that tickle our […]

The pervasive power of artificial intelligence surrounds us today – from voice-prompted apps to fraud prevention tools. The applications of AI in medicine has the potential to revolutionize how health […]

Toronto’s technology industry is growing, and it’s drawing some of the world’s biggest and brightest technological minds to the city — and many are choosing to stay. A few tech […]

You’re standing in front of a public waste bin holding a takeaway cup, puzzled by the three options in front of you: garbage, recycling or organic. Sometimes it’s a tough […]

Gene editing represents a promising new pathway to treat disease-causing mutations and other medical conditions. But as with other powerful emerging technologies, it also raises many ethical and legal concerns. […]

The University of Toronto is creating three new tenure-stream faculty positions in deep learning, a sub-discipline of artificial intelligence (AI), in recognition of University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton winning the […]