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Donald Trump after children and educators are shot inside a school: We have to get over it. Donald Trump after his biggest donor’s cars are vandalized:

In conversation with Amira Elghawaby on the rise of Islamophobia in Canada and fighting hate trib.al/D2VUWZT

#StarInvestigation: Ontario’s jails are deadlier than ever — and this one is ‘the worst in every respect’ Forty-six inmates died in provincial jails last year. More than a quarter of them were at Maplehurst Correctional Complex. trib.al/Qs21a3L

Canada has more solo agers than almost any other country. A recent study found roughly 1 in 10 older adults having no spouse or biological child. In a documentary on the Star, filmmaker Jatinder Dhillon explores the lives of three Torontonians aging solo. trib.al/FD7S6AB

All #UofT staff and faculty can join us for this free, virtual LMS training opportunity 💖 Learn how to respond to disclosures of sexual violence in a survivor-centred, trauma-informed way in this 2-hour workshop: ow.ly/ErtX50VtScu

Congrats, my South Korean friends, on your win! cbc.ca/news/world/sou…

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We are facing extreme shortages: no aid, no flour, no bread, and no clean water. The bakeries are all closed, and there is no food available 😣💔🇵🇸

Big news! SRI Chair David Duvenaud will give a keynote at the Absolutely Interdisciplinary conference on May 29! A leading AI safety researcher, he’ll discuss AI’s existential risks + the need to counteract the erosion of human influence. Register now! 🔗absolutelyinterdisciplinary.com

Shion and I have started a new blog. Here is our first post. Schwartz Reisman Institute U of T Department of Computer Science University of Toronto Faculty of Information open.substack.com/pub/epistemicr…

As universities grapple with the backlash against D.E.I. initiatives, an alternative framework has emerged: pluralism. nyer.cm/szxOYV3

Canada’s strategy to reduce plastic waste is being singled out in a trade report by the Trump administration as a barrier to U.S. exports, a move one expert believes is meant to pressure Canada into abandoning the policy. trib.al/BD9iPXD

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Outage alert: We’re responding to widespread outages throughout the city due to the high winds this evening. If you come across downed powerlines, please stay back by at least 10 metres (about the length of a school bus) and report it to us at 416-542-8000.

Happy students with their Professor in a small Cornell IS reunion at UofT! Thanks, Phoebe Sengers, for visiting us. You are the BEST!

Excited to share that I have received a postdoctoral fellowship from Institute for Pandemics! With this, I will continue to work on ethics, fairness, and bias of algorithmic systems with Ishtiaque Ahmed at U of T Department of Computer Science!

Edmonton treated us well.

My lab Johns Hopkins University is recruiting research and communications professionals, and AI postdocs to advance our work ensuring that AI is safe and aligned to human well-being worldwide: We're hiring an AI Policy Researcher to conduct in-depth research into the technical and policy

What happens when artists, coders & activists in Bangladesh reclaim AI? At the National AI Artathon, we used gen-AI to challenge bias, tell local stories & imagine new futures. A powerful start for community-centered AI. 🔗 artathon.bbebooks.com #AIArtathon #ResponsibleAI

Looking for PhD positions in the AI+HCI space? Want to work on research around LLM evals, tooling, interfaces and optimization? Contact us! We’re hiring one PhD student for the upcoming year.