Google pledges $25 million toward AI solutions for social issues
[Google] is ramping up a AI Impact Challenge that asks academia, non-profits and other organizations (whether they're AI-savvy or not) to submit proposals using AI to solve "social, humanitarian and environmental" problems. Any proposal that makes the cut will receive funding from a $25 million pool, join an accelerator program and receive consulting as well as custom support with the help of the data science non-profit DataKind. Google will pick the winners in spring 2019 with assistance from a panel of experts.
Google.org announcement. Google.org. Also at The Verge and Reuters.
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(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Monday October 29 2018, @11:35PM (1 child)
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil AI is that good AI does nothing (or doesn't exist)."
"The only thing that stops a guy with a bad AI is a guy with a good AI."
I'll go with it. I for one welcome our new benevolent artificial intelligences.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by takyon on Monday October 29 2018, @11:41PM
* Artilects [wikipedia.org]. Much shorter.
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