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As of this article\u2019s review on September 20, 2026, he is a professor at Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al and founder and scientific adviser of <bdi>Mila<\/bdi>.<\/p>\n<h2>Scientific contributions<\/h2>\n<p>Bengio contributed to deep-learning and representation-learning methods and shared the 2018 Turing Award with Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun.<\/p>\n<h2>Focus on AI safety<\/h2>\n<p>He has shifted much of his work toward the safety and governance of advanced systems and has contributed to international risk reports and initiatives.<\/p>\n<h2>Controversies and public debate<\/h2>\n<p>Bengio\u2019s calls to slow the development of the most powerful systems or prevent superintelligence until adequate safeguards exist have drawn objections from researchers who argue that restrictions could hinder innovation or entrench large institutions. 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