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  "title": "‘We’re losing control,’ AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio urges public to be aware of risks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/were-losing-control-ai-pioneer-yoshua-bengio-urges-public-to-be-aware",
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  "published": "2026-09-17T13:17:39.000Z",
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    "name": "The Times of Israel",
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  "summary": "Acknowledging that artificial intelligence destroying humanity is an 'extreme,' Canadian Jewish prof nevertheless warns that AI agents could threaten democracies, says international community must cooperate The post ‘We’re losing control,’ AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio urges public to be aware of risks appeared first on The Times of Israel .",
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        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "LawZero, a non-profit founded by Yoshua Bengio to develop safe AI systems, says Canada and Germany are providing up to $300M in grant funding (Globe and Mail)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/lawzero-a-non-profit-founded-by-yoshua-bengio-to-develop-safe-ai",
        "published": "2026-09-16T15:10:01.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "'We're losing control,' says AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/were-losing-control-says-ai-pioneer-yoshua-bengio",
        "published": "2026-09-16T18:07:02.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "'We're losing control,' says AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/were-losing-control-says-ai-pioneer-yoshua-bengio",
        "published": "2026-09-17T02:29:44.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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