{"id":430683,"date":"2017-01-27T20:12:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T16:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=430683"},"modified":"2017-01-27T18:23:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T16:23:58","slug":"apple-joins-amazon-facebook-google-ibm-and-microsoft-in-ai-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/fr\/2017\/01\/apple-joins-amazon-facebook-google-ibm-and-microsoft-in-ai-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple joins Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft in AI initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

$\"NewsHub\"$ Following Bloomberg\u2019s report , the Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society (what a name) officially announced that Apple is joining other tech companies as a founding member of the AI initiative. Companies will work on research projects, AI best practices and more.
The Partnership on AI was officially unveiled back in September 2016. At the time, Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft were the only founding members. Apple, Twitter, Intel and Baidu didn\u2019t participate in the initiative.
But Apple was already enthusiastic about the project, so today\u2019s news is more about formalizing the company\u2019s involvement. Siri co-founder and CTO Tom Gruber is going to represent Apple. You can find the full board of trustees on the partnership\u2019s website.
In other news, six independent individuals are also joining the board based on their past achievements when it comes to AI. Dario Amodei (OpenAI), Subbarao Kambhampati (Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence & ASU), Deirdre Mulligan (UC Berkeley), Carol Rose (American Civil Liberties Union), Eric Sears (MacArthur Foundation) and Jason Furman (Peterson Institute of International Economics) will participate in the discussions.
While the Partnership on AI has yet to clarify its areas of work, you can expect to see research papers on AI. The companies could write about ethics, inclusivity and privacy as these are hot topics. The first meeting is taking place on February 3rd.
Artificial intelligence is great, but it needs some ethical supervision in order to benefit everyone. The Partnership on AI could also be a great lobbying tool, proving that tech companies are acting responsibly. It\u2019s a good way to win everyone\u2019s trust.
Finally, Apple couldn\u2019t miss out on this opportunity if it wants to hire some of the best AI engineers. Apple shows that it has a seat at the AI table. That\u2019s why engineers working for the company also published a research paper. Now that it\u2019s getting more competitive to hire the best AI talent, these signs are becoming increasingly relevant.<\/p>\n