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Canada, Germany pledge up to $300M to Bengio-founded AI safety nonprofit LawZero

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LawZero, a non-profit founded by Yoshua Bengio to develop safe AI systems, announced that the Canadian and German governments are providing up to $300 million in grant funding. The announcement was reported by the Globe and Mail on September 16, 2026.

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    LawZero, a non-profit founded by Yoshua Bengio to develop safe AI systems, says Canada and Germany are providing up to $300M in grant funding (Globe and Mail)

    Globe and Mail : LawZero, a non-profit founded by Yoshua Bengio to develop safe AI systems, says Canada and Germany are providing up to $300M in grant funding — The Canadian and German governments are providing up to $300-million to a non-profit founded by Yoshua Bengio that is developing safe artificial …

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