Big name of IT industry such as Google · Microsoft · Amazon formed a powerful tag in the research of artificial intelligence

Five major companies, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, IBM, have a new partnership on Artificial Intelligence (AI) research "Partnership on AIWe announced that we have tied up. Overseas MediaPopular ScienceReports the partnership tie-up with a large enterprise, "Avengers in the AI ​​research is born."

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Google's Intelligent Personal Assistant 'Google Now', Facebook's Personal Assistant 'M', IBM's'WatsonMany IT companies are enthusiastic about developing services using AI's research and AI. Among them, five companies, Amazon, Google, Facebook, IBM, Microsoft, announced that they will partner with "Partnership on AI".

Partnership on AI aims for open and comprehensive AI research. In the partnership, we will go beyond the boundaries of the company, gather experts from each field and work on solving various problems of AI. In addition, although currently five companies representing the IT industry have only partnered, high-tech enterprises outside the United States participate in Partnership on AI and stand in a position to actually use services for consumers born from AI research We will steer so that users can participate in the partnership. In addition to these, we promised third-party AI research design and financial support.

Partnership on AI cites "Partnership goal" to support "excellent AI research", "to deepen the understanding of AI", "to create a platform that allows more open discussion and research on AI".


According to Partnership on AI, Apple initially seems to have been enthusiastic about participating in the partnership, but at the time of the launch Apple did not participate in the partnership. He also says that some high-tech companies outside the US will be able to make some announcements within the coming weeks. Other,American Society for Artificial Intelligence(AAAI) andAllen Institute for Artificial IntelligenceNon-profit AI-related organizations such as AI 2 will also participate in Partnership on AI.

Eric Horbitz of Microsoft said that "Bias may be hidden in AI research," and it is suggested that the objective is to incorporate a multilateral perspective into AI research by joining partnership . Also, IBM's Francesca Rossi said, "Useful consumer apps born from the world's most complex industries (AI industry) will spread to various fields such as healthcare, financial services, trade, and Iot," He said that it will become a partnership affecting not only the IT industry but also many industries.