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Mila (Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute) is a Montreal-based nonprofit research institute focused on advancing machine learning and deep learning through open-science research, education, and technology transfer. It describes itself as a “major university research centre” created through a collaboration between Université de Montréal and McGill University (with additional involvement from Polytechnique Montréal and HEC Montréal), and it positions its mission around producing frontier scientific advances while accelerating responsible adoption and societal benefit of AI.
Mila’s research community works across multiple domains (including health, environment and climate change, and AI ethics) and emphasizes open science and knowledge transfer as part of how research becomes broader impact. Mila also maintains an “innovation hub” function for industry by supporting applied research projects and technology transfer, and it operates programs aimed at training students and upskilling stakeholders across academia, industry, and policy.
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Milo, The First Fully Autonomous Robot Guide Dog<span>Milo, le premier chien guide robot entièrement autonome</span> <span><span>emilie.germain…</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-07-28T12:17:48-04:00" title="Mardi, juillet 28, 2026 - 12:17">mar, 07/28/2026 - 12:17</time> </span>
Mila Ventures<span>Mila Ventures</span> <span><span>emilie.germain…</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-03-09T09:36:42-04:00" title="Lundi, mars 9, 2026 - 09:36">lun, 03/09/2026 - 09:36</time> </span>
Mila's Community of Practice: AI Explainability<span>Communauté de pratique de Mila : Explicabilité en IA</span> <span><span>emilie.germain…</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-09-18T09:42:50-04:00" title="Jeudi, septembre 18, 2025 - 09:42">jeu, 09/18/2025 - 09:42</time> </span>
Mila and Mozilla announced a new initiative to build an open-source AI foundation layer enabling organizations to own and operate advanced AI systems locally; the announcement includes an initial $5M investment from Mozilla and additional $1M first-year funding from Hypertec, with Mila leading technical delivery and coordination.
Worldmodeldata and Mila partner to prove scaling law for world modelsMila and Worldmodeldata announced a strategic partnership aiming to establish whether a data scaling law exists for world models; the collaboration starts in September 2026 and is described as a 12-month research effort focused on data and domain transfer in embodied AI.
Building on Year One: Indigenous AI Gathering Returns More Impactful Than EverMila reported on its second Indigenous AI Gathering (with Abundant Intelligences), including in-person and livestream attendance figures and a pitch component described as Indigenous Pathfinders in AI.
Summer School in Responsible AI and Human Rights: A Fourth Edition That Shines InternationallyMila described its fourth edition of the Summer School in Responsible AI and Human Rights, including an international expansion to Mexico City, thematic coverage, and participation figures for the 2026 edition.
Mila and Anthropic Announce Partnership to Advance AI Research and Deep-Tech Innovation in CanadaMila announced a partnership with Anthropic to provide Mila’s research community with access to Anthropic’s industry models and to support research across areas including responsible AI, health, sustainability, multi-agent systems, and robotics.