The danger of AI is not that it will become conscious and hate us, but that it will become competent and ignore us."
—Eliezer Yudkowsky
The 13-member council, which includes Yoshua Bengio, was formed to advise the government on AI safety, adoption, economic competitiveness and creating AI-related jobs as it implements its AI for All strategy.
At the fourth edition of ALL IN in Montréal, the joint funding for LawZero will support its Scientist AI approach, which aims to provide guardrails for frontier AI models and deepen understanding of AI risks and how to avoid them.
Canadian government claimed increased transparency can help Canadians understand when they are interacting with AI systems, help businesses make informed decisions about the AI products they adopt, and give governments and organizations the information they need to develop policies and research that shape the citizens’ experience with AI.
Canada has unveiled plans for a C$890 million AI supercomputing system as part of its sovereign AI strategy. The project aims to give Canadian researchers and companies access to advanced computing power while keeping critical AI infrastructure, data and intellectual property within the country.
