Independent management aims to ensure openness and transparency
Meta is shifting the management of PyTorch, a deep learning framework developed by Meta subsidiary Facebook, to the newly formed PyTorch Foundation, which in turn will be under the oversight of The Linux Foundation.
« PyTorch has become one of the leading AI platforms with more than 150,000 projects on GitHub built on the framework, » said Meta CEO Mark Zuckberg in a Facebook post. « The new PyTorch Foundation board will include many of the AI leaders who’ve helped get the community where it is today, including Meta and our partners at AMD, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia. »
According to Meta, putting PyTorch within its own foundation « ensures that decisions will be made in a transparent and open manner by a diverse group of board members for many years to come. »
The board will consist of representatives from AMD, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Meta, Microsoft Azure and Nvidia – all companies involved in the development of AI technology, although plenty of players have been left out but the list of companies involved may expand in time.
