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Mila is relevant to AI safety discussions partly because its founder Yoshua Bengio has become an influential advocate for AI safety regulation and existential risk mitigation; the institute increasingly integrates responsible AI research into its mandate.
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Mila is a leading academic AI research institute based in Montreal, Quebec, founded by Yoshua Bengio. It focuses on machine learning research, talent development, and responsible AI, hosting one of the world's largest concentrations of deep learning researchers. Mila also engages in AI safety, ethics, and policy work alongside its fundamental and applied research.
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- •One of the world's largest academic deep learning research centers, co-founded by Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio.
- •Conducts research spanning fundamental machine learning, computer vision, NLP, and responsible/safe AI development.
- •Actively involved in AI governance, ethics, and safety initiatives at national and international levels.
- •Trains a large number of AI researchers and fosters collaboration between academia and industry.
- •Yoshua Bengio, Mila's scientific director, is a prominent voice on AI existential risk and safety policy.
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## Inspiring the development of artificial intelligence for the benefit of all
### Located in the heart of Quebec’s AI ecosystem, Mila is a community of more than 1,400 researchers specializing in machine learning and dedicated to scientific excellence and innovation.
[About](https://mila.quebec/en/about/about-mila "About Mila")
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## Opening Conference \| Building Safer AI for Youth Mental Health
On March 16, starting at 9 AM, join leading AI researchers, clinical experts, and voices from the ground for an event exploring the frameworks needed to design AI that is not only powerful, but also safe for mental health.
[Watch online](https://mila.quebec/en/event/hackathon-championing-ai-for-good-building-safer-ai-for-yout
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