On Thursday, OpenAI revealed it was creating a grant program to fund groups that could decide rules around AI. The fund would give out 10, $100,000 grants to groups willing to do the legwork and create “proof-of-concepts for a democratic process that could answer questions about what rules AI systems should follow.” The company said the deadline for this program was in just a month, by June 24.
OpenAI offered some examples of what questions grant seekers should look to answer. One example was whether AI should offer “emotional support” to people. Another question was if vision-language AI models should be allowed to identify people’s gender, race, or identity based on their images.
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