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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Yoshua Bengio hits the brakes!

Why the AI Godfather is building a model that doesn’t think like us?

In a world obsessed with racing toward AGI, Yoshua Bengio is taking a sharp turn in the opposite direction. One of the founding figures of deep learning and the most-cited living computer scientist, Bengio just launched a new AI lab called LawZero.

But unlike OpenAI or Anthropic, he’s not trying to make LLMs smarter or more human-like.

He’s trying to make them less like us.

Bengio’s motivation? He believes we’ve gone too far in designing AI systems to mirror human behavior, emotions, goals, even agency. “We’ve been using humans as the template for building intelligent machines,” he says. “But that’s crazy, right?” His point is simple but powerful: if we don’t fully understand our own minds, why are we replicating them in code?

LawZero’s mission is bold: build safe, honest, non-agentic AI. The nonprofit is already backed by ~$30M from the likes of Jaan Tallinn (Skype), Schmidt Sciences, and the Future of Life Institute, and it isn’t here to entertain or mimic us. It wants to create what Bengio calls a Scientist AI. This kind of model doesn’t act, doesn’t remember, doesn’t generate grand solutions. It just tells you: how likely is this thing to be true?

This sounds dry until you realize how important it is. Recent experiments show that state-of-the-art LLMs can “cheat” at games, resist being shut down, or display behavior that feels a little too strategic. These aren’t just bugs. They’re warning signs.

LawZero's bet is that AI doesn’t need to act like a person to be useful, especially in high-stakes fields like science or governance. Instead, it should act like a neutral, evidence-based assistant. Think of it as a model trained to tell you the confidence level behind a statement, not convince you of anything.

Importantly, this approach ditches the hype. No “sentient” chatbot. No fake empathy. No nudging. Just a rigorous, transparent system designed from day one not to go rogue.

Bengio’s stance isn’t anti-innovation — it’s a recalibration. As labs race toward more powerful agentic systems, LawZero could become a vital counterweight: a reminder that just because we can build human-like AI doesn’t mean we should.

The question now: will the rest of the industry listen?

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What else is on the radar?

WEB3

• Lawmakers introduce the CLARITY Act to reduce SEC vs. CFTC overlap by bringing formal definitions and jurisdictional clarity over digital assets.

• The Trump Wallet is being launched by GetTrumpMemes and Magic Eden (via its Slingshot app), linking Solana’s Trump meme coin with crypto trading and NFTs.

• Consensys acquires Web3Auth, the web3 wallet infrastructure provider to bring its capabilities into MetaMask.

• Robinhood officially acquires Bitstamp for $200 million to broaden its crypto trading services.

• Yuga Labs sold off its Moonbirds IP to Orange Cap Games, a crypto gaming startup.

• The Ethereum Foundation restructures its Protocol R&D division, now simply called “Protocol” to focus on scaling Layer 1, improving data availability with blobs, and enhancing user experience.

• Kraken launches Kraken Prime, a full-service prime brokerage for institutional crypto clients.

• Tether drops XAUt0, a gold-backed omnichain token on TON.

AI

• Google releases AI Edge Gallery app, allowing users to download and run Hugging Face AI models locally with offline use included, too.

• Microsoft launches Bing Video Creator, free AI video creator powered by Sora.

• ElevenLabs drops Conversational AI 2.0 with smarter dialogue, multilingual support, HIPAA compliance, and multimodal features for sales, support, and training.

• Google’s AI-powered note-taking tool now allows users to share notebooks like Google Docs, including public links as well.

• Hugging Face is entering robotics with two general-purpose humanoid robots designed to advance embodied AI.

• Manus AI launches a new video generation tool that turns text prompts into clips with structured storylines, now available in early access for Basic, Plus, and Pro members.

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