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• LawZero secures up to C$300m from Canada and Germany for safe AI research

  On September 16, 2026, Yoshua Bengio’s nonprofit LawZero announced that Canada and Germany pledged up to C$300 million in joint funding to support its "Scientist AI" safety program and sovereign compute infrastructure. On September 17, additional coverage detailed that the grants will finance a Berlin office, expanded research staff and dedicated Canadian data centers for monitoring frontier models.

  Source: LawZero2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z

• Canada unveils 'AI for All' strategy targeting 250k jobs

  On June 4, 2026 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney launched a new national AI strategy, "AI for All", promising C$200 billion in additional economic output and 250,000 AI‑related jobs over five years. Coverage on June 5, 2026 highlighted plans for a national AI literacy initiative, support for SMEs adopting AI, and investment in a sovereign public AI supercomputer and cloud infrastructure. The strategy also pledges stronger safeguards against deepfakes, online harms and unsafe AI deployments.

  Source: China.org.cn / Xinhua2026-06-05T00:00:00.000Z