NEWS
News, events and announcements from the AI Safety Foundation community
(THE AI SAFETY FOUNDATION)
News release
The Hinton Lectures return for a third year as artificial intelligence research and advancements accelerate globally. The 2026 lectures will be moderated by Canadian futurist, writer and podcaster Sínead Bovell.
(TRAJECTORY LABS)
Only Human
Trajectory Labs' founder and executive director on introducing people to AI safety, building Toronto's community and communicating technical concepts in simple, clear terms ahead of AI Safety Week, Nov. 9-13.
(WAN-IFRA)
World News Day
Trusted journalism matters more than ever. AISF supports World News Day and the journalists deepening public understanding of AI safety.
(THE FUTURE SOCIETY)
A senior AI governance associate at The Future Society on why unchecked frontier AI worries her, and how anyone can push their elected officials to act ahead of AI Safety Week, Nov. 9-13 in Toronto.
(SLAVA BLAZER & RACHEL SHU/TIME)
TIME
Two researchers affiliated with The Hinton Lectures — Beth Barnes of METR and Owain Evans of Truthful AI — have secured spots on the TIME100 AI 2026 list.
The AI Safety Foundation's CEO on why AI safety matters and how anyone can get involved ahead of The Hinton Lectures and AI Safety Week, Nov. 9-13 in Toronto. We look forward to hosting you online or in-person.
(BETAKIT)
BetaKit
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.”
(THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Canadian Journalism Foundation
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.
Trajectory Labs LinkedIn
This is the first in a planned series for Toronto's AI safety community. We got together researchers, policy people, students, and practitioners.
(STEPHANIE LAKE/THE CANADIAN PRESS)
‘Entries confront some of the most urgent safety challenges of our time, including non-consensual deepfakes and coordinated disinformation, with rigour, originality and real-world impact.’
(INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CANADA)
AISF LinkedIn
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada publishes its report on the national AI Strategy consultations, outlining priorities to guide Canada's approach to safe and responsible AI.
(MICHAEL DWYER/THE CANADIAN PRESS)
CBC Ideas
The focus on artificial intelligence development has been more about making it as powerful as possible but more resources need to be going into AI safety, says researcher Owain Evans. He delivered the 2025 Hinton Lectures.
(Chris Young/The Canadian Press)
'It'd be very silly if we went extinct because we didn't try,' says Hinton — Geoffrey Hinton says if AI continues to develop without appropriate guardrails, a worst-case scenario could lead to human extinction.
(CNW GROUP/MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION)
Manulife
This partnership will advance public understanding of AI safety, led by Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton and supported by Manulife's commitment to Responsible AI.
(EVAN MITSUI/CBC)
CBC News
AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton spoke Monday at the first of the two-night Hinton Lectures event in Toronto, arguing it may become critical to label material that is authentic as it grows harder to distinguish from AI-generated content.
(GLOBAL RISK INSTITUTE)
On October 28 and 29, 2024, GRI partnered with Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton to present a two-part lecture series on the profound impact of AI, delivered by UC Berkeley's Jacob Steinhardt.
