Artificial intelligence (AI) technology frontrunners led by IBM and Meta have formed an organization known as AI Alliance, it comprises more than 50 tech companies and aims to emphasize a commitment to safety, collaboration, diversity, economic opportunity, and universal benefits.
These organizations prioritize collaboration over competition, emphasizing their dedication to promoting transparent innovation and responsible advancements in artificial intelligence.
IBM and Meta, in a joint statement, delineated the objectives of the AI Alliance, placing particular emphasis on a dedication to mutual benefits, economic opportunity, safety, collaboration, and diversity.
They noted that the alliance comprises a combined annual investment in research and development that surpasses $80 billion.
Although many members support open-source development, membership does not require strict adherence to this framework. Alongside IBM and Meta, more than fifty technology companies have become members of the AI Alliance, including AMD, Dell Technologies, Red Hat, Sony Group, Hugging Face, Stability AI, Oracle, and the Linux Foundation.
“The progress we continue to witness in AI is a testament to open innovation and collaboration across communities of creators, scientists, academics, and business leaders.”
According to Meta and IBM, the AI Alliance will establish a technical oversight committee and governing council to promote AI initiatives and establish benchmarks and guidelines.
The alliance aims to foster partnerships with non-governmental organizations, governments, and nonprofits operating in the AI industry.
“The AI Alliance brings together researchers, developers, and companies to share tools and knowledge that can help us all make progress whether models are shared openly or not,”
To foster scholarly involvement, the AI Alliance comprises several research and academic institutions, such as Yale University, Cern, NASA, the Cleveland Clinic, Cornell University, Dartmouth, Imperial College London, University of California Berkeley, University of Illinois, and University of Notre Dame.
Although Meta has previously supported open-source AI models and responsible development, the company decided to streamline and decentralize AI development in November by disbanding its responsible AI team.
Prominent AI developers such as Microsoft, Google, OpenAI (the developer of ChatGPT), and Anthropic (Claude AI) are consistently absent from the AI Alliance. July saw the formation of The Frontier Forum, an organization they founded in opposition to responsible AI.
The Biden Administration initiated dialogues with prominent AI developers in early 2023, seeking their commitment to the responsible development of AI. OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Anthropic, Meta, and Inflection were among the signatories.
NVIDIA, IBM, Scale AI, Adobe, Palantir, Salesforce, and Stability AI all signed the pledge in September.
