https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/29/18038918/google-ai-social-good-impact-challenge-global-competition

One of the biggest hurdles in the field of artificial intelligence is preventing it from developing the same intrinsic faults and biases of its human creators. Now, Google, one of the world’s leading organizations developing AI software today, is launching a global competition to help spur the development of applications and research that have positive impacts on the field and society at large.

The competition, called the Google AI Impact Challenge, was announced today at an event called AI for Social Good held at the company’s new Sunnyvale, California office. Google is positioning it as a way to integrate nonprofits, universities, and other organizations not within the corporate and profit-driven world of Silicon Valley. The company says it will award up to $25 million dollars to a number of grantees to “help transform the best ideas into action.” As part of the contest, Google will offer cloud resources for the projects, and it is opening applications for the contest today. Accepted grantees will be announced at next year’s Google I/O developer conference.