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New research from the University of Waterloo's Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute demonstrates that any artificial intelligence (AI) image watermark can be removed, without the attacker needing to know the design of the watermark, or even whether an image is watermarked to begin with.

Long regarded as a purely private, individual experience, loneliness is now emerging as an important social issue, says UdeM expert Cécile Van de Velde.

People who believe that female candidates are at a disadvantage in elections are mistaken, according to two studies conducted by political scientist André Blais.

A look back at a round table at the École supérieure d'études internationales on global issues in 2025 The Year of Living Dangerously .

Corentin Sire's doctoral research explores the socio-political concept of terrorism, its history and how it has changed over time within the United Nations.

Canadians who identify as members of sexual minorities are more involved than others in non-electoral politics, according to a new study. A recently published study has found that members of Canada's LGBTQ+ community are more likely than heterosexuals to participate in non-electoral politics. They tend to be more involved in both institutional and non-institutional political activities, aside from casting a ballot.

When Japanese samurai repelled the Mongols, their victories were attributed to typhoons whipped up by divine forces.

The "Solving the crisis:" series explores the pressing challenges of our time, including climate change, biodiversity collapse, housing affordability and more.

Professor Catherine Xhardez presents the results of a study of provincial policies to attract, select and, above all, retain economic immigrants.

Hard Lessons in Corporate Governance provides an accessible introduction to the various failed attempts at using corporate governance to improve society. It introduces the record of these failures and illuminates hard lessons spread across thousands of empirical studies. If we look at the outcomes generated by various corporate governance 'best' practices, we find that none of the practices work.

A new UdeM study examines how a person's lifestyle influences our assumptions about their political leanings and how valid those assumptions are. Can we infer a person's voting preferences from their lifestyle choices' Are certain characteristics, such as the type of car you drive or leisure activities, really associated with different political parties' The answer seems to be yes, according to a new study by Catherine Ouellet , a professor in the Department of Political Science at Université de Montréal.

Three big challenges - educational, democratic and legal - are raised by the growing popularity of Open AI's chatbot, says UdeM philosophy professor Marc-Antoine Dilhac.

UdeM's Yoshua Bengio and Catherine Régis are set to participate in the AI Safety Summit in England. On Wednesday and Thursday, world experts on artificial intelligence will gather at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, England for the AI Safety Summit 2023 .

A Ph.D. candidate in political science at UdeM has studied the influence of social pressure on whether people vote.

A group of students at the University of Toronto Mississauga are at the forefront of efforts to understand transitional justice across the globe - a scholarly field that confronts how to pursue accou

In his new book, historian Samir Saul dissects imperialism through the ages to describe its chameleon-like nature and economic underpinnings.