Editorial profile
Yoshua Bengio
Deep learning pioneer and founder of Mila, increasingly focused on AI safety and international scientific assessment of AI risk.
Yoshua Bengio is a full professor at Université de Montréal and the founder and scientific advisor of Mila – Quebec AI Institute.
He shared the 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award and chaired the International AI Safety Report, a scientific assessment of the capabilities and risks of general-purpose AI.
Key ideas
- Scientific evidence on AI risk should inform policy before capabilities outpace oversight.
- Safety research needs public investment and international coordination.
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Last verified 3 October 2026.