Yoshua Bengio launches LawZero, a nonprofit AI safety lab

Yoshua Bengio, a Turing Award winner and key figure in modern AI, is leading LawZero, an AI safety nonprofit aiming to create safer systems. Fueled by contributions from notable figures like Google co-founder Eric Schmidt and Open Philanthropy, the initiative draws inspiration from the Zeroth Law of Robotics concept. Bengio remains vocal about his support for efforts to ensure AI systems prioritize safety over potential harm, contrasting his views with companies like OpenAI and Google in their race toward more advanced AI technologies.