โšก Google-Backed AI Partnership Launches with $400M for Public Interest AI! ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ’ฐ

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โšก Google-Backed AI Partnership Launches with $400M for Public Interest AI! ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ’ฐ

AI for the People, Not Just the Profits! ๐Ÿš€

A new public interest AI initiative called Current AI just launched at the AI Action Summit in Paris, aiming to steer AI toward societal good rather than just corporate gains. ๐Ÿ’ก๐ŸŒ

With $400M already secured and plans to raise $2.5B more, this initiative is not about building Skynet but using AI for healthcare, climate action, and transparency. ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿฅ

๐Ÿ’ถ Whoโ€™s Backing This AI Revolution?

๐ŸŒ Governments from:

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France | ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany | ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile | ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya | ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria | ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco | ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland | ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia | ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland

๐Ÿค– Tech & Philanthropy:

  • Google & Salesforce (Big Techโ€™s good side? ๐Ÿ‘€)
  • Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Omidyar Group ๐Ÿ’ฐ
  • AI Champions: Mistral AI, Hugging Face, & Reid Hoffman

๐Ÿ’ฅ Surprise Absence?

๐Ÿšซ No U.S. or Asian governments. This is a Europe + Global South initiative! ๐ŸŒŽ

๐Ÿ” Whatโ€™s the Mission?

๐Ÿ’พ Fixing AIโ€™s Data Problem ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ

  • AI is running out of quality training dataโ€”we need new ways to share and standardize datasets ๐Ÿ“Š
  • Example: The Michael J. Fox Foundationโ€™s Parkinsonโ€™s dataset is already helping medical research! ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿฅ

๐Ÿ”“ Pushing Open-Source AI ๐Ÿ’ก

  • Making open-source tools as easy to use as corporate AI ๐Ÿค
  • Funding smaller, more transparent AI models (not just big, power-hungry LLMs ๐ŸŒฑ)

๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Ensuring AI Accountability

  • Creating real AI auditing standards so we donโ€™t end up with biased or broken AI ๐Ÿค–โœ…
  • Involving actual people & communities in AI decision-making! ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™‚๏ธ

๐Ÿง Why Does This Matter?

๐Ÿ”ฌ Public interest AI could solve real problems:
โœ… Healthcare: AI models finding new treatments & diagnostics ๐Ÿฅ
โœ… Climate action: Smarter energy grids, better forecasting ๐ŸŒ
โœ… Transparency: AI that explains itself instead of making sketchy decisions ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ’ญ

๐Ÿšจ Current AI vs. Big Tech AI

Big Tech is spending billions per quarter on AI for ads & automation, while Current AI is funding research that actually helps people. ๐Ÿ“ข

๐Ÿ’ก TL;DR โ€“ AI for the Many, Not Just the Billionaires!

โœ… $400M+ for open-source & ethical AI
โœ… Backed by Europe & Global South ๐ŸŒ
โœ… Google & Salesforce onboard, but no U.S. government support
โœ… Focusing on real-world AI impactโ€”not just theoretical AGI

โ€œThe future of AI should belong to all of us.โ€ โ€“ Current AIโ€™s supporters ๐Ÿš€