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

LawZero, the non-profit AI safety startup founded by Yoshua Bengio, has received $300 million in backing from Canada and Germany. LawZero will use the funding to establish a Berlin office and a Canadian sovereign compute partnership.

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Non-profit startup will use the funding to establish a Berlin office and a Canadian sovereign compute partnership.

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