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Authors: Abeer Badawi, Elham Dolatabadi Can AI become too helpful? Artificial intelligence is increasingly used for emotional support, life advice, and mental health guidance. These systems are available at any […] The post When AI helps too much: Towards understanding and measur

Authors: Ahmed ElKady, Ahmed Y. Radwan, Shaina Raza Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) models carry far more parameters than they activate. For each token that passes through, a learned router selects only a […] The post Mixture-of-Experts: From sparse routing to multimodal deployment appe

The Vector Institute and the National AI Research Lab (NAIRL) of South Korea have announced a new strategic partnership to accelerate frontier artificial intelligence research, opening new pathways for researcher […] The post Vector Institute and South Korea’s National AI Researc

The Vector Institute and the European Space Agency (ESA) have announced a partnership to pioneer new applications of artificial intelligence for Earth observation, with an initial focus on climate science […] The post Vector Institute and European Space Agency partner to advance

For centuries, the scientific method has been a fundamentally human endeavour. Researchers conceive hypotheses, design experiments, interpret findings, and communicate results. That paradigm shifted in March 2026 when Nature published […] The post The AI Scientist: Towards full a

Vector researchers are presenting work across a broad front at this year’s International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), taking place July 6–11, 2026 in Seoul, South Korea. With 73 accepted […] The post Vector researchers advance generative AI, responsible AI, and scientif

The first free tool of its kind gives newsrooms, HR, insurance and AI teams, among others, a practical way to help eliminate biased language from written content and AI training […] The post Vector Institute releases UnBias-Plus, a free, open-source AI tool to detect and rewrite

Authors: Ahmed Radwan, Shaina Raza An AI system that summarizes a customer-service call, supports learning from a medical consultation, or reviews a video interview must do more than recognize objects […] The post When AI watches and listens: Introducing SONIC-O1 for real-world a

Anne Martel, Professor, University of Toronto | Vector Institute Faculty Member Every cancer patient faces a fundamental question: what treatment do I need? Not too little, which might allow the […] The post Anne Martel: Using AI to personalize cancer treatment appeared first on

Prime Minister Carney launched AI for All, Canada’s new national AI strategy. It’s a moment that Vector, and anyone dedicated to building Canada’s AI future, have been diligently working towards. […] The post Vector welcomes Canada’s AI Strategy: AI for All appeared first on Vect

Mohamad Moosavi, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto | Vector Institute Faculty Member The path to breakthrough climate technologies often moves at a frustrating pace. Consider metal-organic frameworks – […] The post Mohamad Moosavi: Accelerating the

The Health AI Implementation Toolkit is a practical five-stage framework developed by Vector Institute to help health system leaders, AI solution vendors, and clinical teams deploy AI safely and responsibly […] The post A strategic blueprint for safe health AI implementation: You

Vector announced a strategic partnership with NAIRL, formalized via a memorandum of understanding signed during a Seoul ceremony (with Vector’s Pascal Poupart and NAIRL’s Kee-Eung Kim named in the announcement) and framed as enabling researcher exchange, joint projects, and knowledge-sharing.

Vector announced 120 merit-based scholarship recipients for the 2025–26 academic year, describing a $17,500 scholarship amount per recipient and total scholarship funding up to $2.1 million; it also stated that since 2018, Ontario organizations have hired over 2,500 Vector-affiliated students from AI Masters programs (including VSAI recipients).

Vector announced Glenda Crisp’s appointment as President & CEO effective April 21, 2025.

Vector announced recipients of project funding for its Global AI Alliance for Climate Action, described as a partnership with Be Node (through the Turkish Informatics Foundation) and framed around deploying AI for sustainable climate solutions.

Vector announced a partnership with Unilever to advance AI innovation, describing access to Vector’s research insights, expertise, and talent network tied to Unilever’s Horizon3 AI Labs in Toronto.