Accenture Joins Partnership on AI, Bolsters Commitment to Responsible AI That Benefits People and Society
October 19 2017 - 12:31PM
Business Wire
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has joined the Partnership on AI, a
prestigious alliance of businesses, researchers, academics and
policy makers that work to advance the understanding of artificial
intelligence (AI) technology and develop best practices on the
challenges and opportunities within the field. Accenture joins
other prominent industry leaders who share its commitment to
advancing the field of AI so that it benefits people and society.
Accenture will actively contribute its own insights, research and
capabilities in areas including Responsible AI, and will dedicate
people and resources to collaborate with Partnership on AI members
to help address important global challenges such as food,
diversity, inclusion, health, education and economic
opportunity.
“We are thrilled to join the Partnership on AI. We believe
businesses, governments and academia have a critical role in
co-innovating and applying AI to invent new educational, workforce
and business models that are both responsible and responsive to the
needs of people and society. It’s up to us to ensure AI can truly
be a force for public good,” said Paul Daugherty, Accenture’s chief
technology & innovation officer. “Our experience and research
demonstrates that AI’s true potential can only be achieved by
adopting a ‘people first’ approach that reflects what we call
Responsible AI – being fair, accountable, honest, transparent and
human-centric in how we apply AI. We are proud to join the
Partnership on AI to contribute in these areas and help define a
successful and impactful future for AI.”
“At Accenture, we understand the growth that AI can generate for
businesses. Pioneering leaders are wielding it to reinvent how
businesses innovate, operate, and compete,” said Nicola Morini,
global lead for Accenture’s AI strategic growth initiative. “We are
firmly committed to the Partnership on AI and its mission. Through
our involvement, we will extend our current collaboration with our
industry peers and ecosystem partners, and harness our combined
thinking and talents to identify important areas for discussion and
resolution, and formulate best practices to help AI achieve its
potential to positively impact our world.”
Founded in 2016 to promote the belief that AI technologies hold
great promise for raising the quality of people’s lives, the
Partnership on AI and its members aim to recommend best practices
and conduct and publish research under an open license in areas
such as ethics, fairness and inclusivity; transparency, privacy,
and interoperability; collaboration between people and AI systems;
and the trustworthiness, reliability and robustness of the
technology. Founding members include Apple, Amazon, Facebook,
Google/DeepMind, IBM and Microsoft.
Accenture is dedicated to leading the charge toward Responsible
AI, with the goal of providing better outcomes for all people.
Working with its Global 2000 clients to actively design and direct
AI to augment and amplify human capabilities, Accenture is
committed to helping people to achieve more for themselves as
individuals and for the world around them. Through its
#AI4Good initiative, Accenture is making investments in unlocking
the power of AI technologies through inclusive innovation
co-created with ecosystem partners that leads to positive, scalable
societal impact.
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company,
providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy,
consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched
experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries
and all business functions – underpinned by the world’s largest
delivery network – Accenture works at the intersection of business
and technology to help clients improve their performance and create
sustainable value for their stakeholders. With approximately
425,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries,
Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and
lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
About the Partnership on AI
The Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society (Partnership
on AI) is a not-for-profit organization, founded by Amazon, Apple,
Google/DeepMind, Facebook, IBM and Microsoft. Our goals are to
study and formulate best practices on the development, testing, and
fielding of AI technologies, advancing the public’s understanding
of AI, to serve as an open platform for discussion and engagement
about AI and its influences on people and society and identify and
foster aspirational efforts in AI for socially beneficial purposes.
We actively designed the Partnership on AI to bring together a
diverse range of voices from for-profit and non-profit, all of whom
share our belief in the tenets and are committed to collaboration
and open dialogue on the many opportunities and rising challenges
around AI. For the full list of founding members and partners, go
to https://www.partnershiponai.org/partners/.
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