Eric Schmidt Awards A.I. Researchers $10M to Study Safety

Eric Schmidt previously headed Google for a decade. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIME Investing in the future of A.I. is nothing new for Eric Schmidt, who has spent the past few years backing dozens of startups like Stability AI, Inflection AI and Mistral AI. But through a new $10 million venture aiming to bolster research … Read more

CEOs, Global Leaders Shift Stances on A.I. Safety at AI Action Summit

France’s President Emmanuel Macron at the AI Action Summit on Feb. 10, 2025. Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images This week at the global A.I. summit in Paris, the third iteration of its kind, something noticeably shifted from its previous-year editions (held in Korea last year and the U.K. in 2023). The name, for one. While … Read more