Hugo Larochelle
@hugo_larochelle
AI researcher at Mila, adjunct professor at UMontreal. Previously at Google DeepMind and Twitter Cortex. Father of 4, cocktail/wine/music/comedy enthusiast.
Ubenwa (@ubenwa_ai) is a Mila startup on a mission to revolutionize access to healthcare. Driven by a deeply personal purpose, the company leverages AI to analyze and interpret infants' cries, offering insights into their well-being. Read their story: ow.ly/jM3X50Ww2WS
A gentle reminder that TMLR is a great journal that allows you to submit your papers when they are ready rather than rushing to meet conference deadlines. The review process is fast, there are no artificial acceptance rates, and you have more space to present your ideas in the…
Mila's proud to support Deep Learning Indaba 2025 in Rwanda! This pivotal African AI event will convene over 600 experts, fostering keynotes, workshops, and vital discussions on responsible AI and empowering African voices. A Mila delegation will be on site to present their…
If you get drawn into a lengthy existential conversation with a chatbot, maybe think of it as a kind of fantasy role play, and don't lose touch with the reality outside your screen, the reality of the physical world and your fellow human beings. 4/4
Congratulations to Amar Kumar (@Amar_kumar_1), PhD student at Mila, for the nomination of PRISM as a Runner-up for Best Oral Paper at MIDL! Read his blog post: mila.quebec/en/article/pri…
Mila, as co-organizer, is pleased to announce the AIMS Hackathon 2025, a global online event that brings together developers, researchers, and human rights activists to design AI-based solutions against modern slavery. AIMS (AI Against Modern Slavery) is a Mila project dedicated…
We're excited to announce a second physical location for NeurIPS 2025, in Mexico City. By expanding our physical locations, we hope to address concerns around skyrocketing attendance and difficulties in obtaining travel visas that some attendees have experienced in the past few…
For the first time, Mila is leading science communication workshops at @icmlconf to help scientists from all around the world craft an effective elevator pitch for their research. It's truly inspiring to see so many AI researchers taking science communication to heart!
NeurIPS is pleased to officially endorse EurIPS, an independently-organized meeting taking place in Copenhagen this year, which will offer researchers an opportunity to additionally present their accepted NeurIPS work in Europe, concurrently with NeurIPS. Read more in our blog…
There are many great researchers out there. But the ones that really stand out to me are the ones who are also kind, even when they don't need to be.
Congratulations to Matthew Sanspareil and Rune Hartgerink, the winning team of the Indigenous Pathfinders in AI program’s pitch day! Their project, Buffalo in Motion, uses AI to strengthen food sovereignty through buffalo restoration.
As Elder Deborah Delisle opened with the Ohén:ton Karihwatéhkwen and drumming filled the space, the inaugural Indigenous AI Gathering got underway this morning — a powerful beginning to this celebration of Indigenous-led AI innovation. With Abundant Intelligences, @Indspire and…
This is an @AnthropicAI employee, but I want to co-sign the comments. What I will add is that this is why we need to go beyond voluntary safety standards. It is in @xai’s interest to get in line with the rest of the industry on their own, but we shouldn’t rely on trust.
xAI launched Grok 4 without any documentation of their safety testing. This is reckless and breaks with industry best practices followed by other major AI labs. If xAI is going to be a frontier AI developer, they should act like one. 🧵
🚨The UK AISI identified four methodological flaws in AI "scheming" studies (deceptive alignment) conducted by Anthropic, MTER, Apollo Research, and others: "We call researchers studying AI 'scheming' to minimise their reliance on anecdotes, design research with appropriate…
📢 Attention Attention @ServiceNowRSRCH is hiring a Research Scientist with a focus on Agent Safety+Security 👩🏻🔬 Join us to work on impactful open research projects like 🔹DoomArena: github.com/ServiceNow/doo… 🔹BrowserGym: github.com/ServiceNow/Bro… Apply: jobs.smartrecruiters.com/ServiceNow/744…
Cohere is excited to announce our new office in Montreal, QC! We look forward to contributing to the local AI landscape, collaborating with new and existing partners in the city, and growing our Montreal-based team. cohere.com/blog/montreal-…
We’re releasing SelvaBox, the largest tropical tree detection dataset from drone imagery. Our models trained on SelvaBox achieve competitive zero-shot detection performance on unseen tropical tree crown datasets, matching or exceeding competing methods. arxiv.org/abs/2507.00170
I strongly endorse Gautam for the ICML board!
ICML's election for their board of directors has begun. I've thrown my hat in the ring. Please consider voting for Gautam Kamath. I have experience with the governance of TMLR, COLT, and ALT, and I think I've demonstrated myself as a consciencious and engaged community member.
Don't forget to to tune in tomorrow June 26th for a session with @mnoukhov as he discusses how he's making LLMs more efficient with Asynchronous RLHF! 🔥 Learn more: cohere.com/events/Cohere-…
RLHF is powerful but slow. What if it could be 70% faster? ⚡️@mnoukhov shows how with Asynchronous RLHF. Join his talk with us on Thursday, June 26th to learn how he's making LLMs more efficient. Thanks to @alifmunim and @abrarfrahman for organizing this session 👏
Started a new podcast with @tvergarabrowne ! Behind the Research of AI: We look behind the scenes, beyond the polished papers 🧐🧪 If this sounds fun, check out our first "official" episode with the awesome @gauthier_gidel from @Mila_Quebec: open.spotify.com/episode/7oTcqr…