Meta, Microsoft, and others quit AI group over Google dominance

The Partnership for AI, an industry group founded in 2016, will dissolve in April after running for nearly eight years. Founding members who are leaving the coalition include Google, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon. It is understood that Google's parent company, Alphabet, has become increasingly influential in the group as generative AI gains popularity.<br><br>The group, founded by Google, Amazon, Facebook, IBM and Microsoft, aimed to create the field of public policy and AI – and to change public understanding of AI. Today, it has 3,000 members, including academia, public sector, corporations, and non-profit corporations.<br><br>The Partnership for AI, an industry group founded in 2016, will dissolve in April after running for nearly eight years. Founding members who are leaving the coalition include Google, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon. It is understood that Google's parent company, Alphabet, has become increasingly influential in the group as generative AI gains popularity.<br><br>The group, founded by Google, Amazon, Facebook, IBM and Microsoft, aimed to create the field of public policy and AI – and to change public understanding of AI. Today, it has 3,000 members, including academia, public sector, corporations, and non-profit corporations.<br><br>The group is scheduled to disband in April this year. It is understood that Google's parent company, Alphabet, has become increasingly influential in the group as generative AI gains popularity.<br><br>Alphabet will instead set up an in-house AI ethics team and create a think tank. It is understood that the group’s board and executive director will join Alphabet’s think tank.<br><br>“All of the board members, including the CEO, are going to the new think tank. It’s a clean sweep,” one of the sources added.<br><br>IBM and Amazon will remain part of the group and continue to sponsor it.<br><br>The Partnership for AI was established in 2016 to promote the public understanding of AI and public policy on AI.<br><br>The Partnership for AI was established in 2016 to promote the public understanding of AI and public policy on AI.<br><br>&#x200B;