On September 28, 2016 e
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] announced the founding of the
Partnership on AI.
Apple joined the consortium as a founding member in January 2017.
[5] As of 2019 more than 100 partners from academia, civil society, industry, and nonprofits were member organizations of the Partnership on AI, based in San Francisco.
"The Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society was established to study and formulate best practices on AI technologies, to advance the public’s understanding of AI, and to serve as an open platform for discussion and engagement about AI and its influences on people and society."