Tech billionaires donate $20m to fund set up to protect society from AI
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#28FAV)
LinkedIn and eBay founders Reid Hoffman and Pierre Omidyar donate $10m each to the Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Fund
The founders of LinkedIn and eBay are donating a combined $20m (16.4m) to fund academic research aimed at ensuring the safety of artificial intelligences.
LinkedIn's founder Reid Hoffman and the Omidyar network, the philanthropic investment firm set up by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, are donating $10m each to the Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Fund, which will distribute money to researchers working on the tough ethical problems raised by AI.
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