The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday, Feb. 6, edition that artificial-intelligence expert Yoshua Bengio urged Ottawa on Monday to quickly implement a bill to regulate AI, saying that a registry is needed to monitor powerful systems and that national security and societal risks should be addressed in the legislation. The Globe's Joe Castaldo writes that Professor Bengio wrote in his prepared remarks to the House of Commons industry and technology committee, "Rejecting it or delaying its adoption much more would be taking a terrible risk with the public's protection." The committee is studying Bill C-27, which includes the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA), a framework for regulating AI systems first introduced by the federal government in June, 2022. The act would be in force no sooner than 2025, according to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. Prof. Bengio has become more alarmed over the past year about the rapid pace of AI development. He said, "Superhuman AI could be developed in the next two decades, and even possibly in the next few years." He said AIDA should include a provision to create a mandatory national registry for companies and labs developing powerful AI systems.