Partnership on AI

Partnership on AI (full name Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society) is a nonprofit coalition committed to the responsible use of artificial intelligence. It was publicly announced on September 28, 2016 with founding members Amazon, Facebook, Google, DeepMind, Microsoft, and IBM, with interim co-chairs Eric Horvitz of Microsoft Research and Mustafa Suleyman of DeepMind.[1][2][3][4] Apple joined the consortium as a founding member in January 2017.[5] More than 100 partners from academia, civil society, industry, and nonprofits are member organizations in 2019.[6]

In January 2017, Apple head of advanced development for Siri, Tom Gruber, joined the Partnership on AI's board.[7] In October 2017, Terah Lyons joined the Partnership on AI as the organization's founding executive director.[8] Lyons brought to the organization her expertise in technology governance, with a specific focus in machine intelligence, AI, and robotics policy, having formerly served as Policy Advisor to the United States Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith. Lyons was succeeded by Partnership on AI board member Rebecca Finlay as interim executive director. Finlay was named CEO of Partnership on AI on October 26, 2021.

In October 2018, Baidu became the first Chinese firm to join the Partnership.[9]

In November 2020 the Partnership on AI announced the AI Incident Database (AIID),[10] which shifted to a new special-purpose independent non-profit in 2022.[11]

On October 26, 2021, Rebecca Finlay was named CEO.[12]

References
  1. Hern, Alex (2016-09-28). "'Partnership on AI' formed by Google, DeepMind, Facebook, Amazon, IBM and Microsoft | Technology". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  2. Waters, Richard (2016-09-29). "AI is 'Next Big Thing' to worry about". Financial Times. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  3. Bindi, Tas (2016-09-29). "Amazon, Google, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft form AI non-profit". ZDNet. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  4. Rubin, Ben Fox; Cheng, Roger (2016-09-29). "The AI Super Friends assemble! (The 3:59, Ep. 115)". CNET. Archived from the original on 2016-09-30. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  5. "Partnership on AI Update". Partnership on AI. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  6. "New Partners To Bolster Perspective For Responsible AI". 24 September 2019.
  7. Tilley, Aaron (January 27, 2017). "Why Apple Joined Rivals Amazon, Google, Microsoft In AI Partnership". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  8. "Partnership on AI Announces Executive Director Terah Lyons and Welcomes New Partners - The Partnership on AI". The Partnership on AI. 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  9. Taylor, Chloe (2018-10-17). "Baidu becomes the first Chinese firm to join US-led A.I. body". CNBC. Archived from the original on November 3, 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
  10. McGregor, Sean (2020-11-18). "When AI Systems Fail: Introducing the AI Incident Database". partnershiponai.org. Partnership on AI. Retrieved 2020-11-21. Avoiding repeated AI failures requires making past failures known. Therefore, today we introduce a systematized collection of incidents where intelligent systems have caused safety, fairness, or other real-world problems: The AI Incident Database (AIID).
  11. Schwartz, Janet (2022-07-19). "RAIC Holds First All-Hands Meeting". incidentdatabase.ai. Responsible AI Collaborative. Retrieved 2023-01-04. RAIC is the new non-profit behind the Artificial Intelligence Incident Database (AIID) and will be presenting critical safety and social issues through incidents to learn from the past and inspire positive change in the fast-growing AI sector.
  12. "Rebecca Finlay named as CEO: A Letter from Eric Horvitz, Chair of the Board of Directors". Partnership on AI. 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2022-03-18.


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