IBM, Meta and others form ‘AI Alliance’ to advance AI development

In the race for market dominance among artificial intelligence (AI) companies, a consortium of technology leaders led by IBM and Meta formed the AI ​​Alliance. Rather than competing, these companies seek to collaborate, emphasizing their commitment to foster open innovation and responsible development in artificial intelligence.

In a joint statement, IBM and Meta outlined the goals of the AI ​​Alliance, emphasizing a commitment to security, collaboration, diversity, economic opportunity and global benefits. He also pointed out that the alliance includes a joint annual research and development investment of more than 80 billion dollars.

While many members support open source development, adherence to this model is not mandatory for membership. More than 50 technology companies such as AMD, Dell Technologies, Red Hat, Sony Group, Hugging Face, Stability AI, Oracle and the Linux Foundation have joined IBM and Meta in the AI ​​Alliance.

“The continued progress we're witnessing in AI is a testament to unlocking innovation and collaboration within communities of innovators, scientists, academics and business leaders.”

According to IBM and Meta, the AI ​​Alliance will create a governing board and technical oversight committee focused on advancing AI projects and establishing standards and guidelines. The alliance aims to collaborate with governments, non-profits and non-governmental organizations active in the AI ​​sector.

“The AI ​​Alliance brings together researchers, developers and companies to share tools and knowledge that will help us all make progress, whether the models are openly shared or not.”

Seeking to engage the academic community, the AI ​​Alliance also includes several academic and research institutions, including Cern, NASA, Cleveland Clinic, Cornell University, Dartmouth, Imperial College London, University of California Berkeley, University of Illinois, University of Notre Dame. University of Tokyo and Yale University.

While Meta supports open-source AI models and responsible development, the company disbanded its responsible AI team in November, opting to decentralize and streamline AI development.

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Prominent AI developers including Microsoft, Google, OpenAI (developer of ChatGPT) and Anthroponic (Claude AI) are conspicuously absent from the AI ​​Alliance. Instead, in July they formed their own initiative, The Frontier Forum, dedicated to responsible AI.

As early as 2023, the Biden administration held talks with major AI developers to develop responsible artificial intelligence. The signatories include OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Anthropic, Meta and Inflection. Subsequently, in September, NVIDIA, IBM, Scale AI, Adobe, Palantir, Salesforce and Stability AI joined the pledge.

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