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Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio warn “risk of extinction from AI” in public letter

Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio warn of “risk of extinction” from AI as more industry leaders ring the alarm to regulate the technology. Canadian…

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A|I: The AI Times – Sam Altman isn’t worried—but Yoshua Bengio is

Plus: Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news…

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Yoshua Bengio, major tech leaders call for six-month pause on advanced AI development in open letter
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Yoshua Bengio, major tech leaders call for six-month pause on advanced AI development in open letter

Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, and DeepMind scientists also signed the letter. Yoshua Bengio, the co-founder of Montréal-based Mila, along with hundreds of tech leaders,…

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Yoshua Bengio, Element AI co-founders back AI startup Glowstick in $1.3 million round
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Yoshua Bengio, Element AI co-founders back AI startup Glowstick in $1.3 million round

Current and former Square and Shopify employees also invested in Glowstick. Toronto-based startup Glowstick has raised a $1.3 million CAD pre-seed funding round to…

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Backed by Yoshua Bengio, Ubenwa is using AI to diagnose neurological issues through baby cries
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Backed by Yoshua Bengio, Ubenwa is using AI to diagnose neurological issues through baby cries

The Mila spinout has raised $3.24 million CAD to launch app for parents. Montréal’s Ubenwa foresees a world where the cries of a newborn…

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