Yoshua Bengio’s LawZero receives $300 million backing from Canada and Germany to pursue safer AI ambitions

LawZero, the non-profit organization founded by Canadian Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio, has secured $300 million CAD from the Canadian and German governments to help create “safe AI for humanity.” The startup, which is developing safe-by-design AI systems, announced the funding at the ALL IN conference in Montréal on Wednesday afternoon. LawZero said the funding will power the next phase of its technical roadmap, which includes growing its international scientific research team and securing