THE AI SAFETY FOUNDATION

Ensuring humanity's future through AI safety

WORLD-LEADING EXPERTISE

The Hinton Lectures™

A transformative series hosted by Nobel laureate Professor Geoffrey Hinton, bringing the world's leading AI safety researchers to Toronto each November.

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OUR PILLARS

How we turn AI safety research into public understanding

THE HINTON LECTURES

Watch the flagship series hosted in Toronto by Nobel laureate Professor Geoffrey Hinton

A three-part series each November featuring leading AI research

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CJF HINTON AWARD

Discover journalism raising the bar on AI safety reporting

A $10,000 annual award, presented with the Canadian Journalism Foundation

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AI SAFETY WEEK

Join a week connecting the research, policy, governance and reporting behind AI safety

Public events each November featuring multiple partners across Toronto

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Recent developments

AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton says we must convince AI that it's our mother

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AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton says we must convince AI that it's our mother

Hinton says making AIs care more about us than themselves could keep them from wiping out humanity. “We need to think of AIs as our mothers and us as the babies.”

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Trajectory Labs hosts mixer with TMU's Dais & AISF

This is the first in a planned series for Toronto's AI safety community. We got together researchers, policy people, students, and practitioners.

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Canadian Journalism Foundation

Watch: Inaugural CJF-Hinton Award for Excellence in AI Safety Reporting presented in Toronto

Highlights from the CJF Awards ceremony on June 10, 2026 at the Fairmont Royal York, where the first CJF-Hinton Award for Excellence in AI Safety Reporting was presented.

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The AI Safety Foundation (AISF) is a registered charity based in Canada. We are supported by generous individuals, corporations and partners. If you believe, like we do, that education and research initiatives exploring AI risks are vitally important, please consider supporting us in our mission.

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