Canada, Germany provide up to $300M to Yoshua Bengio's LawZero non-profit to develop safe AI systems amid growing fears of misuse and calls to slow development

Yoshua Bengio’s non-profit to get up to $300-million from Canada, Germany to expand safe AI development

Open this photo in gallery:Yoshua Bengio, a leading expert in artificial intelligence, in his Montreal home in 2023. Mr. Bengio founded the non-profit LawZero last year.Christinne Muschi/The Globe and MailThe Canadian and German governments are providing up to $300-million to a non-profit founded by Yoshua Bengio that is developing safe artificial-intelligence systems, as fears around the technology rise and leaders of top AI companies call for a co-ordinated slowdown on development.The Turing A...