Google and RBC and others are helping Canada shine in the artificial intelligence field, BBC reports. Toronto will soon get the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, aimed at fuelling "Canada's amazing AI momentum". The new research facility will be officially launched on Tuesday, and what makes it special is that it will be dedicated to expanding the applications of AI through explorations in deep learning and other forms of machine learning. The institute received CAD$170 million in funding from the Canadian and Ontario governments, and a group of businesses that includes both Google and RBC. Geoff Hinton, considered the godfather of deep learning, will be the research institute's chief scientific adviser.