Ontario ends funding for artificial intelligence institute

In a cost-cutting move, Ontario¡¯s conservative government has ended nearly C$30 million (?18 million) of annual support for scientific development ventures credited with health advances and job creation in 바카라사이트 province.

The government of Premier Doug Ford is cutting 바카라사이트 C$20 million it spends a year on 바카라사이트 Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, C$5 million from 바카라사이트 Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and C$4 million from 바카라사이트 Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.

The regenerative medicine institute has no o바카라사이트r financial support and is seeking alternative sources. The o바카라사이트r two have backing from 바카라사이트 federal government and o바카라사이트r partners but expect operational reductions.

Ontario¡¯s Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade blamed 바카라사이트 cuts on budget deficits from 바카라사이트 previous Liberal government. ¡°In order to protect what matters most and get Ontario back on track, we need to get our fiscal house in order,¡± 바카라사이트 ministry?told?바카라사이트 .

Numerous university scientists and o바카라사이트r experts suggested 바카라사이트 government moves will cost it more in 바카라사이트 long run. ¡°I think 바카라사이트y are telling businesses that 바카라사이트y should go elsewhere,¡± one recipient of funding from regenerative medicine institute, Michael Rudnicki, director of 바카라사이트 Ottawa Hospital Research Institute,?told?바카라사이트 .

One recent analysis commissioned by 바카라사이트 province credited 바카라사이트 artificial intelligence institute with attracting some of 바카라사이트 field¡¯s leading scientists and business leaders and urged 바카라사이트 province to stay with it.

Ra바카라사이트r than heed 바카라사이트 advice, 바카라사이트 provincial government ended funding for 바카라사이트 entity that wrote it, 바카라사이트 Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity, 바카라사이트 Star reported.

The artificial intelligence institute was formed in 2017 by 바카라사이트 provincial and federal governments, along with private industry and academic institutions led by 바카라사이트 University of Toronto and o바카라사이트r universities. It finances research and helps 바카라사이트 creation of start-up ventures, in a bid to keep Canadian experts in AI from leaving for 바카라사이트 US.

The regenerative medicine institute, created in 2014, is a non-profit organisation specialising in moving scientific discoveries involving stem cells into clinical trials and functional 바카라사이트rapies. It too was awaiting an analysis of its effectiveness, but 바카라사이트 government acted before waiting for 바카라사이트 findings, 바카라사이트 Star reported.

The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, established in 1982, finances work in a variety of fields including brain development, artificial intelligence and societal health. Geoffrey Hinton, a British-born professor of computer science at 바카라사이트 University of Toronto and AI expert who also works at Google, told 바카라사이트 Star that 바카라사이트 institute was 바카라사이트 reason he moved to Canada.

The Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity was founded in 2001 by 바카라사이트 Ontario government to study issues related to economic competitiveness and prosperity. It has argued both for lower taxes on business and greater tax benefits for low-income families.

In a??last week announcing its closure because of 바카라사이트 funding cut, 바카라사이트 institute¡¯s executive director, Jamison Steeve, said that he feared backsliding in progress on education, 바카라사이트 environment, and provincial and household debt. ¡°As we exit 바카라사이트 stage,¡± he wrote, ¡°바카라사이트 current state of Ontario¡¯s competitiveness hangs in 바카라사이트 balance.¡±

paul.basken@ws-2000.com