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A million credits for the research question

A new U of T Data Sciences Institute initiative puts advanced AI access inside the work of researchers.

Reported by U of T News Staff

A U of T initiative puts advanced AI tools inside research workflows.
TechnologyA U of T initiative puts advanced AI tools inside research workflows.Photo: University of Toronto / official source image

The U of T Data Sciences Institute is leading an initiative that will award $1 million in Claude credits for AI-powered research. Access is the headline, but the larger question is what researchers will choose to do with it.

Tools become valuable when they are placed inside a real method: a dataset, a lab question, a careful comparison and someone responsible for the conclusion. The credit is an opening, not the answer.

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