# Canada invests $150M to make AI safer. Will it work?

https://mins.news/en/item/61836

- CBC News, 2026-09-16 23:58 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/lawzero-artificial-intelligence-safety-investment-9.7347286?cmp=rss

> Canada’s federal government is putting $150 million into Montreal-based nonprofit LawZero to develop a new type of AI model. Germany is adding 100 million euros, as prominent AI leaders issue fresh warnings about existential risks from frontier models.

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