IBM—IBM co-founded the AI Alliance with Meta to promote open and responsible AI development
In December 2023, IBM and Meta co-founded the AI Alliance, an international community that grew from 50 founding members to over 100 organizations focused on open-source AI development, safety, and responsible innovation. The Alliance promotes open AI models, shared research, and collaborative governance frameworks as alternatives to closed proprietary AI systems.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Oversight | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| AI Safety | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| Open Source | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.393 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
IBM and Meta launched AI Alliance with 50+ founding members for open AI development
In December 2023, IBM and Meta jointly announced the AI Alliance, a community of over 50 founding organizations (growing to 100+) committed to open-source AI, safety research, and responsible development. IBM's AI Ethics Board, which had been operating since 2020, contributed to the governance framework.