Schwartz Reisman Institute@TorontoSRI

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SRI is partnering with @UofTCompSci & @VectorInst for “Conversations in Computing,” a series exploring key questions at the intersection of technology & society. Join SRI visiting fellow Bruce Schneier for our 1st event, “Hacking AI” on Oct. 22. Register: bit.ly/cic-oct-22

Conversations in Computing: Bruce Schneier on Hacking AI

Join us for an evening with Bruce Schneier—renowned security technologist, author of Rewiring Democracy, Harvard fellow & EFF board member.

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U of T Department of Computer Science@UofTCompSci
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One season. Many conversations. This is Conversations in Computing. Oct. 22: Bruce Schneier presents “Hacking AI,” exploring how AI can find & exploit vulnerabilities across economic, political & social systems. With @VectorInst and @TorontoSRI. Register: bit.ly/cic-oct-22
Promotional graphic for the University of Toronto Department of Computer Science's Conversations in Computing series. The graphic features a portrait of Bruce Schneier alongside the title “Bruce Schneier on Hacking AI.” Event details read: Thursday, October 22, 2026, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus, 108 College Street, Toronto. A yellow “Register Now” button appears beside the portrait. University of Toronto Computer Science, Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, and Vector Institute logos appear at the bottom.

ALT Promotional graphic for the University of Toronto Department of Computer Science's Conversations in Computing series. The graphic features a portrait of Bruce Schneier alongside the title “Bruce Schneier on Hacking AI.” Event details read: Thursday, October 22, 2026, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus, 108 College Street, Toronto. A yellow “Register Now” button appears beside the portrait. University of Toronto Computer Science, Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, and Vector Institute logos appear at the bottom.
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Canada could require every AI system to publish detailed documentation tomorrow and be no better able to govern AI than it is today. Disclosure that reaches no one able to act on it isn't transparency. It's paperwork. SRI's 9 recommendations to @ISED_CA: uoft.me/cH9
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What happens to the law when legal expertise is no longer scarce? Ben Alarie (@BlueJLegal, @UofTJackmanLaw) discusses Superjustice, his new book with Samuel Becher, on how AI could bring "legal abundance"—and why humans should stay in the loop. uoft.me/cH5
SRI Faculty Affiliate Benjamin Alarie’s new book, co-authored with Samuel Becher, argues that AI could move legal systems from scarcity to abundance. In conversation with SRI, he discusses personalized law, what must stay human in a courtroom, and why he believes legal scholarship has tilted too far toward pessimism.

ALT SRI Faculty Affiliate Benjamin Alarie’s new book, co-authored with Samuel Becher, argues that AI could move legal systems from scarcity to abundance. In conversation with SRI, he discusses personalized law, what must stay human in a courtroom, and why he believes legal scholarship has tilted too far toward pessimism.
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Helen Nissenbaum (@Cornell), one of the most influential scholars working at the intersection of technology, ethics, and society, is the opening talk of our SRI Seminar Series Fall 2026! 📅 September 23, 2026 🕧 12:30–2:00 p.m. ET 📍 Online 🔗 Register: uoft.me/cG4
The SRI Seminar Series welcomes Helen Nissenbaum, the Andrew H. and Ann R. Tisch Professor of Information Science and founding director of the Digital Life Initiative at Cornell Tech.

ALT The SRI Seminar Series welcomes Helen Nissenbaum, the Andrew H. and Ann R. Tisch Professor of Information Science and founding director of the Digital Life Initiative at Cornell Tech.
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What do new AI capabilities mean for Canada's critical digital infrastructure, the economy, & national security? Join @NicolasPapernot, @alexposadzki, @avicgoldfarb, @HumeKathryn, & Samir Chhabra (@ISED_CA) this week! Limited seats available! Register: nicolaspapernot.rsvpify.com
Join Samir Chhabra (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada), Kathryn Hume (Vector Institute), Alexandra Posadzki (The Globe and Mail), and University of Toronto's Avi Goldfarb and Nicolas Papernot in-person on 10 September for a discussion on AI-powered threats and Canada's future.

ALT Join Samir Chhabra (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada), Kathryn Hume (Vector Institute), Alexandra Posadzki (The Globe and Mail), and University of Toronto's Avi Goldfarb and Nicolas Papernot in-person on 10 September for a discussion on AI-powered threats and Canada's future.

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What do new AI capabilities mean for Canada's critical digital infrastructure, the economy, & national security? Join @NicolasPapernot, @alexposadzki, @avicgoldfarb, @HumeKathryn, & Samir Chhabra (@ISED_CA) this week! Limited seats available! Register: nicolaspapernot.rsvpify.com
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How is AI changing the cybersecurity threat landscape? Join @NicolasPapernot & @alexposadzki in-person to find out. 📅 Sept. 10, 2026 🕓 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM 📍 Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus Limited seats available! Register: nicolaspapernot.rsvpify.com
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Will AI be the next great scientist? Join us Sept. 25 for an exploration of the promises, limits, & ethical implications of AI in scientific research & discovery. With @A_Aspuru_Guzik, Rosa Cao, @KathleenACreel, @sinafazelpour, & @karinavold. Register: uoft.me/cCT
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SRI has appointed internationally recognized digital culture and AI literacy scholar Kaitlyn Regehr as its inaugural Global Fellow. News:📖uoft.me/cCp
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Regehr will lead a large-scale initiative to build broad understanding around how AI is shaping society, particularly its impacts on children, young people, and their futures.
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In concert with her @UofT SRI fellowship, Regehr has been appointed as Associate Professor, Status Only at @UofTInfoFaculty.
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Arian Khorasani 🦅
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🚨 8 days left to submit to the Trustworthy AI for Good (AI4GOOD) Workshop at #NeurIPS2026 in Paris We’re still accepting submissions. Join us in bridging AI safety, social good, and real-world impact, so that more capable models actually help society at scale. Our workshop is non-archival, and we will recognize outstanding papers and top reviewers with awards. Deadline: August 29, 2026 (AoE) More details and submission → trustworthy-ai-for-good.gith… 📧 Sponsorship & questions: zjingchen@cs.toronto.edu Let's bridge trustworthy AI and real-world impact. We hope to see you all in Paris. @TerryJCZhang @ChanglingXavier @_agirlyengineer @ozzaney0101, He (Shawn) Shuang, Jerick Shi, Prakhar Gupta, Kexin Li (Cassie), Wenjun (Wendy) Qiu @ZhijingJin @radamihalcea @MilindTambe_AI @david_lie @casdewitt @VectorInst @JinesisLab @EuroSafeAI @MPI_IS @UofTCompSci @TorontoSRI @CIFAR_News @ELLISInst_Tue @UMichCSE @michigan_AI @Harvard @ETH_en @CarnegieMellon @UniofOxford @NeurIPSConf @UofT
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We are so excited to host the 2nd edition of the Trustworthy AI for Good (AI4GOOD) Workshop at #NeurIPS2026 in Paris, France 🇫🇷 We aim to bring together the AI safety, AI for social good, and AI policy/governance communities to connect what models can do as individual systems with what they do when deployed across populations. For full details, welcome to visit our website at: 🔗 trustworthy-ai-for-good.gith… 📍December 12, 2026 · Paris 🇫🇷 We have an amazing lineup of speakers and plans. More details 🧵
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What does it mean to create a technology that may soon outthink us? @geoffreyhinton and @PatchenBarss explore this question in Smarter Than Us: Superintelligence and the Future of Humanity. On shelves March 30, 2027. Learn more: shorturl.at/mzbCC
Smarter Than Us: Superintelligence and the Future of Humanity is a new book by Nobel Prize Winner and SRI Strategic Advisor Geoffrey Hinton. Release March 30, 2027.

ALT Smarter Than Us: Superintelligence and the Future of Humanity is a new book by Nobel Prize Winner and SRI Strategic Advisor Geoffrey Hinton. Release March 30, 2027.
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If AI systems are increasingly being used for advice, support & guidance, how should they be designed to help people flourish? That's the question behind @FloreaAI, a project led by @UofT researchers @karinavold & @ashton1anderson with @LouisTaySC. 👉uoft.me/cyw

SRI research leads ask whether AI can support human flourishing — Schwartz Reisman Institute

A three-year, US$3.6M project co-led by SRI Research Leads Karina Vold and Ashton Anderson with Purdue University’s Louis Tay explores how AI systems might be designed to support long-term human...

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Congratulations Jacob Tsimerman of @UofT , on receiving the 2026 Fields Medal. Recognized in part for solving a decades-old problem that has opened new directions of research, Tsimerman becomes the second ever🍁Canadian, to receive the award. Read: uoft.me/cy4

U of T mathematician Jacob Tsimerman awarded Fields Medal

Professor Tsimerman won the high-profile international award in part for his work on a problem that had stumped the discipline for decades.

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Mark Carney
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Jul 24
Huge congratulations to Professor Jacob Tsimerman of the University of Toronto on receiving the Fields Medal — one of the highest honours in mathematics.   Nearly a century after Canadian mathematician J.C. Fields established this award in Toronto, it comes home.
Screenshot of an article from CBC News. The headline reads: University of Toronto mathematician Jacob Tsimerman wins Fields Medal.

ALT Screenshot of an article from CBC News. The headline reads: University of Toronto mathematician Jacob Tsimerman wins Fields Medal.
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Our researchers are making a strong showing at #ACMFAccT2026 (Montreal, June 25-28). 19 of our researchers will present 13 accepted papers & one workshop, covering responsible AI, governance, privacy, human rights, AI alignment, & more. Learn more: uoft.me/cvg

SRI researchers present work at ACM FAccT 2026 — Schwartz Reisman Institute

SRI researchers will present 13 accepted papers and one workshop session at FAccT 2026, showcasing the Institute’s research in responsible AI, algorithmic governance, alignment, privacy, and the...

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What does it mean to trust AI? Our new paper, led by @drbethcoleman, reframes trust as a challenge at the centre of responsible AI adoption & governance. The goal isn't to make people trust AI systems. It's to build AI systems that are worthy of trust. uoft.me/ctx

SRI releases new white paper on trust in human–AI interaction — Schwartz Reisman Institute

AI is everywhere. But can we trust it? A new SRI white paper led by Beth Coleman reframes trust in AI as a multidisciplinary challenge—not just a technical one—and charts a path forward.

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Research led by SRI faculty affiliate @NicolasPapernot shows that publicly accessible AI models can be used to power a worm that adapts its strategy as it spreads. 👇👇👇
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#UofT researchers demonstrate AI worm could target any online device ➡️ uoft.me/cru
Image shows Nicolas Papernot (photo by Nick Iwanyshyn)

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It's not every day that you get to stand taller than Mr. @ConanOBrien. Congratulations, @geoffreyhinton! Hinton... and Conan... recently received honorary degrees from @Harvard.
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May 29
Geoffrey Hinton, University Professor Emeritus and winner of a Nobel Prize in Physics, granted an honorary degree by Harvard University #UofT uoft.me/cq-
Geoffrey Hinton (centre) with fellow honorary degree recipients Peggy Noonan (left) and Conan O'Brien (right) (photo by Jennifer Cressman)

ALT Geoffrey Hinton (centre) with fellow honorary degree recipients Peggy Noonan (left) and Conan O'Brien (right) (photo by Jennifer Cressman)
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Welcome 2026–27 SRI Graduate Fellows! We've welcomed fifteen @UofT researchers working across computer science, information studies, psychology, law, medicine, management, industrial relations, and history. Meet our cohort & learn about their projects: uoft.me/crh
Leif Anderson, Sara Bocchinfuso, Marco Germanò, Md Arid Hasan, Sophia Jit, Dariia Kucheruk, Patrick Yung Kang Lee, Azhagu Meena, Shawn Meikle, Rowan O.A. Munson, Gemma Postill, Benjamin Pulver, Frieda Rong, Tracy Zhang, and Xingjian (Ken) Zhang are the 2026-2027 cohort of SRI Graduate Fellows.

ALT Leif Anderson, Sara Bocchinfuso, Marco Germanò, Md Arid Hasan, Sophia Jit, Dariia Kucheruk, Patrick Yung Kang Lee, Azhagu Meena, Shawn Meikle, Rowan O.A. Munson, Gemma Postill, Benjamin Pulver, Frieda Rong, Tracy Zhang, and Xingjian (Ken) Zhang are the 2026-2027 cohort of SRI Graduate Fellows.
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