Tech titans pledge $1 bn for artificial intelligence research

Several big-name Silicon Valley figures have pledged USD 1 billion to support a non- profit firm that said it would focus on the “positive human impact” of artificial intelligence.
Backers of the OpenAI research group include Tesla and SpaceX entrepreneur Elon Musk, Y Combinator’s Sam Altman, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel.
“It’s hard to fathom how much human-level AI could benefit society, and it’s equally hard to imagine h