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Amazon, Google, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft Form "Partnership on AI" Non-Profit

posted by martyb on Friday September 30 2016, @08:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the A-I-A-I-O dept.

takyon writes:

Tech industry leaders have joined together to form the Partnership on AI:

Amazon, DeepMind/Google, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft today announced that they will create a non-profit organization that will work to advance public understanding of artificial intelligence technologies (AI) and formulate best practices on the challenges and opportunities within the field. Academics, non-profits, and specialists in policy and ethics will be invited to join the Board of the organization, named the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society (Partnership on AI).

The objective of the Partnership on AI is to address opportunities and challenges with AI technologies to benefit people and society. Together, the organization's members will conduct research, recommend best practices, and publish research under an open license in areas such as ethics, fairness, and inclusivity; transparency, privacy, and interoperability; collaboration between people and AI systems; and the trustworthiness, reliability, and robustness of the technology. It does not intend to lobby government or other policymaking bodies.

The Partnership on AI seems to have a broader and more near-term focus than OpenAI and other groups pushing for friendly "strong" AI. Get used to hearing the phrase "algorithmic responsibility." You can get involved by contacting getintouch@partnershiponai.org according to the FAQ.

Reported at Fast Company and The Guardian . Apple is not a founding member.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by inertnet on Friday September 30 2016, @08:54AM

    by inertnet (4071) on Friday September 30 2016, @08:54AM (#408296) Journal

    What word doesn't belong in this sentence?

    "Amazon, Google, Facebook, IBM, Microsoft, Non-Profit"

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 30 2016, @09:04AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 30 2016, @09:04AM (#408300)

    Let me try:

    Facebook, Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft belong together. Lets call it "FAGIM".

    Non-Profit: None of the above is Non-Profit so this one does not belong in FAGIM or FAG-IM or FAG-MI.

    • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday September 30 2016, @01:18PM

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday September 30 2016, @01:18PM (#408357) Journal

      That sounds like a Tolkien-esque modifier for "FAG," as in, "Rohan" => "Rohirrim."

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 30 2016, @10:05AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 30 2016, @10:05AM (#408315)

    Amazon. It's a big river in South America. ;-)

  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Friday September 30 2016, @12:13PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Friday September 30 2016, @12:13PM (#408339) Journal

    Google. It's Alphabet now!

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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday September 30 2016, @01:16PM

    by Gaaark (41) on Friday September 30 2016, @01:16PM (#408355) Journal

    The one that should belong: FOSS.

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