Facebook Is Hoping to Advance Ethics Research Regarding Artificial Intelligence

The social network is teaming up with the Technical University of Munich

Facebook and the Technical University of Munich are joining forces on the creation of an independent ethics research center for artificial intelligence.

The social network will provide $7.5 million in funding over five years for the Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence, with director of applied machine learning Joaquin Quiñonero Candela saying in a Newsroom post that the aim is to advance the growing field of ethical research on new technology and to study the fundamental issues that are specific to the use and impact of AI.

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