According to Jeff Dean (@JeffDean), Google DeepMind's Chief Scientist, the University of Toronto has established the Hinton Chair in AI to honor Geoffrey Hinton’s scientific legacy, announced during #NeurIPS2025. Google is providing financial support for this chair, aiming to advance groundbreaking research, nurture responsible innovation, and foster academic leadership in artificial intelligence. This initiative is expected to attract world-class AI scholars, driving impactful research and strengthening Toronto’s position as a global leader in AI development (source: Twitter/@JeffDean, blog.google/technology/ai/hinton-chair-toronto/).