Former Amii founder launches privacy-first AI that keeps user data local

A former Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) founder, who has since gone on to start an “ethical AI” company, has released a privacy-first model intended to keep all data in the hands of the user. “I’m unhappy with the way that AI is going these days, and I wanted to do something about it.” Jonathan Schaeffer, Synsira Software Synsira Software is a Vancouver Island-based AI company founded by Jonathan Schaeffer, one of the AI researchers who helped found Amii.