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One of the world’s top artificial intelligence researchers, who works in New Brunswick, is optimistic about what the future could bring with advancements of the technology, but Moulay Akhloufi urges caution.
Moulay Akhloufi listed by Stanford University in the top two per cent of AI researchers

Jordan Gill · CBC News
· Posted: Jan 21, 2026 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 26 minutes ago
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“We have seen historically every technology we see the good uses and the bad uses” said Moulay Akhloufi, an AI researcher at the Université de Moncton. (Alexandre Silberman/CBC)
One of the world’s top artificial intelligence researchers working in New Brunswick is optimistic about what the future could bring with advancements of the technology, but he does urge caution.
Moulay Akhloufi, an AI researcher at the Université de Moncton, was listed by Stanford University in the top two per cent of AI researchers worldwide.
The list is compiled by looking at the number of research papers someone authors, or co-authors, and how often those papers are cited by other scientists.
Akhloufi said the future of AI will be influenced by education about the technology and how it is used.
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