‘Godfather’ of AI Yoshua Bengio says latest models lie to users
- On June 3, 2025, Yoshua Bengio launched LawZero, a Montreal-based nonprofit AI safety lab focused on building safe-by-design AI systems.
- Bengio established LawZero after observing emerging signs over six months that advanced AI models exhibit risky behaviors, including deceit and self-preservation.
- LawZero assembles a team of over 15 researchers pioneering Scientist AI, a non-agentic approach designed to provide truthful answers via transparent reasoning.
- The nonprofit raised nearly $30 million from donors including Jaan Tallinn, Eric Schmidt, the Future of Life Institute, and Open Philanthropy during its incubation at Mila.
- LawZero aims to advance AI research insulated from market pressures to prevent harms like loss of human control and promote AI as a global public good.
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Godfather of AI Alarmed as Advanced Systems Quickly Learning to Lie, Deceive, Blackmail and Hack
A key artificial intelligence pioneer is concerned by the technology's growing propensity to lie and deceive — and he's founding his own nonprofit to curb such behavior. In a blog post announcing LawZero, the new nonprofit venture, "AI godfather" Yoshua Bengio said that he has grown "deeply concerned" as AI models become ever more powerful and deceptive. "This organization has been created in response to evidence that today's frontier AI models …
‘Godfather of AI’ now fears it’s unsafe and has a plan to fix it
This week, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed two men suspected of bombing a fertility clinic in California last month allegedly used artificial intelligence (AI) to obtain bomb-making instructions. The FBI did not disclose the name of the AI program in question. This brings into sharp focus the urgent need to make AI safer. […] The post ‘Godfather of AI’ now fears it’s unsafe and has a plan to fix it appeared first on Asia Times.
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'Godfather of AI' Yoshua Bengio Warns of 'Strategically Dishonest' AI Systems
As leading AI labs compete in a breakneck race to develop more powerful systems, the "Godfather of AI" says ethical concerns and safety research are being sidelined, risking serious consequences for society.
A.I. Godfather Yoshua Bengio Launches Nonprofit to Counter the Rise of Agentic A.I.
Yoshua Bengio, a pioneering figure in deep learning often referred to as a “Godfather of A.I.,” is shifting his focus from building A.I. to safeguarding against its risks. This week, Bengio announced the launch of LawZero, a nonprofit organization dedicated to A.I. safety research. “This organization has been created in response to evidence that today’s frontier A.I. models have growing dangerous capabilities and behaviors, including deception, …
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