On June 3, Yoshua Bengio, the world’s most-cited computer scientist, announced the launch of LawZero, a nonprofit that aims to create “safe by design” AI by pursuing a fundamentally , Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio is launching a nonprofit AI safety lab called LawZero to build safer AI systems, he told the Financial Times on Monday.. LawZero raised $30 million in , LawZero currently has about 15 staffers, Bengio said, "but the goal is to hire many more." Bengio is among those who have called for tougher regulation of AI development and even the breakup of big tech companies. Earlier this year he gave a TED Talk urging greater caution and collaboration., Turing Award-winning AI researcher Yoshua Bengio has launched LawZero, a nonprofit aimed at developing AI systems that prioritize safety and truthfulness over autonomy. LawZero, based in Montreal and currently staffed by 15 researchers, has secured nearly $30 million in funding from donors including Skype founding engineer Jaan Tallinn, Schmidt , This month, the computer scientist Yoshua Bengio — known as the “godfather of AI” because of his pioneering work in the field — launched a new organization called LawZero. As you can , .