The Latest Breaking News from Yoshua Bengio

Currently we are living in the ‘wild west’ era of AI, where companies are fiercely competing to develop the fastest and most entertaining AI systems

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.

Yoshua Bengio is launching LawZero, a Canada-based non-profit that will prioritise the development of safe, honest artificial intelligence (AI).

AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio is warning that current models are displaying dangerous traits as he launches a new non-profit developing “honest” AI.

Yoshua Bengio’s organisation plans to create system to act as guardrail against AI agents trying to deceive humans

Geoffrey Hinton, one of the “godfathers of AI,” is warning that the technology he helped create could take control of humans.

In the age of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), the phrase “I’ll believe it when I see it” no longer stands. Not only is GenAI able to generate manipulated representations of people, but it can also be used to generate entirely fictitious people and scenarios.

Experts are split between concerns about future threats and present dangers. Both camps issued dire warnings, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

AI godfather warns about autonomous AI race.

Meta’s Yann LeCun says current systems too limited to create domestic robots and fully automated cars

Wide-ranging investigation says impact on work likely to be profound, but opinion on risk of human extinction varies