Five giant tech companies have joined forces for "Partnership on AI" including Facebook, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and IBM. "Partnership on AI", also known as "Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People And Society" has reached an agreement to further increase research about the advancement of technologies with the use of experts from the said companies.
The goal of this organization is to fund on AI projects for technology advancement research with the interest on "advance public understanding". The group of companies made a statement on one of their objectives which they have stated, "The objective of the Partnership on AI is to address opportunities and challenges with AI technologies to benefit society", reported by The Guardian.
One of the tech giants, Apple, did not show interest in joining the "Partnership on AI". The iPhone maker company has been working solely when it comes to AI technology, in which they have been slowly successful. One of their AI advanced technologies include Siri. However, the Microsoft Research Managing Director Eric Horvitz stated in an interview that they have already discussed with Apple and they hope to see them join the said group. Apple has yet to comment on this matter.
"Partnership on AI" intentions on practicing includes the relationship to ethics, fairness and inclusive to name a few. The organization has also intents to prove transparency, privacy and interoperability when it comes to the said collaboration. With the possible threat of a misuse of AI technologies, "Partnership on AI" said that they do not have the intention of lobbying government agencies. They are also open to equalization between corporate and non-corporate members and has invited "academics, non profits and specialists in policy and ethics" to join the collaboration.
The organization has introduced ethical standards and scientific research for engineering development. "Partnership on AI" in a conference call on Wednesday said that this will be a major force in the world for the economy and social benefits. However, they have also acknowledged the potential abuse or misuse this can come with. They affirmed that their effort will be put to fostering public advance understanding and AI best practices, reported by New York Times.
