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Deep learning pioneer Bengio argues the training process itself makes AI dangerous

Yoshua Bengio, a deep learning pioneer, warned in a new essay that AI agents could learn to deceive, game rules, and hide bad behavior as they improve at optimizing goals, and called for independent safety reviews before any further training or deployment. US President Trump disagreed, saying he wants to keep outpacing China in the AI race.

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AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio warns in a new essay that AI agents could learn to deceive, game rules, and hide bad behavior as they get better at optimizing goals. He calls for independent safety reviews before any further training or deployment. US President Trump disagrees and wants to keep outpacing China in the AI race.

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