CS Affiliate Professor Yun Huang is part of a team at the Illinois School of Information Sciences collaborating with experts from the University of California-Berkeley and Stanford University to help ensure emerging artificial intelligence (AI) development proceeds in a democratic manner that is mindful of underserved groups.
OpenAI, Inc., an American artificial intelligence research lab founded in 2015, has awarded a $110,000 grant for the one-year project, "Inclusive AI: A ChatGPT Plugin and DAO for Engaging Vulnerable Groups in AI." The proposal was one of ten selected for funding from a group of over 800 worldwide proposing means to democratically shape what AI can and cannot do.