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An internal fight over whether Google built technology with human-like consciousness has spilled into the open, exposing the ambitions and risks inherent in artificial intelligence that can feel all too real. The Silicon Valley giant suspended one of its engineers last week who argued the firm's AI system LaMDA seemed…

Scientists at the University of Toronto have found that children who grow up with pet dogs are less likely to get Crohn's disease later in life - but the same can't be said for families with cats

Information released under data protection laws sheds light on apparent effort to undermine Canadian research group Citizen Lab

A report released April 13 by University of Toronto researchers highlights what many in the early learning and child-care sector have long known: Canada’s early childhood educators (ECEs) are undervalued, underpaid and under-resourced. Unless governments get serious about addressing their working conditions, a Canada-wide child-care plan will be derailed.

According to a new study by the University of Toronto, adults exposed to chronic parental domestic violence have an elevated prevalence of depression, anxiety and substance abuse disorders, and lower levels of social support than their peers who do not experience childhood adversity. More on Dynamite News:

My mother was born in Sambir, Ukraine, and my father in Przemyśl, Poland. They both spent their childhoods as refugees.

Quartet targeted by clients – thought to be Jordanian government agencies – of Israeli company even after Apple sued in November

A recent University of Toronto study, in collaboration with the Occupational Cancer Research Center, Center for Research Expertise in Occupational Disease, and the Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre, shows that nail technicians in salons are exposed to several chemicals widely used as plasticizers and flame retardants. The study, published…

Canada has endured bitter divisions in its past, but the current wave of protests over COVID-19 restrictions is unprecedented in some respects