Canada and Germany commit up to C$300M to Bengio's LawZero
The nonprofit plans Canadian compute, a Berlin office and a larger research team for Scientist AI; the payment terms remain unspecified.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: PR Newswire
Why it matters
Bengio is trying to fund advanced AI research without the incentives of a commercial lab. A C$300M ceiling could make that credible, while its conditions will shape LawZero's independence.
LawZero, the Montreal AI safety nonprofit founded by Yoshua Bengio (@Yoshua_Bengio), said in a September 16th release that Canada and Germany have committed up to C$300 million to expand its research team, build dedicated computing infrastructure in Canada and open an office in Berlin.…
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