Public AI
= "refers to publicly accessible AI models funded, provisioned, and governed by governments or other public bodies on behalf of their citizens".
URL = https://publicai.network/
Description
Public AI Network:
"Public AI in this context refers to publicly accessible AI models funded, provisioned, and governed by governments or other public bodies on behalf of their citizens. Public AI is a concept with strong political, ethical, and economic underpinnings.
The essential features of public AI are public access, public funding, and public accountability.
Public AI might take the form of a “public option” for large language models akin to public options for health insurance or banking; a national AI service akin to a national health service or a public highway administration; or a publicly-funded effort to deploy many AI models for public and community use, akin to public libraries.
These implementations might be carried out by government bodies, managed by a government-supported nonprofit (cf. ICANN or IANA), built through public-private-academic partnerships, or bootstrapped through open-source software. "
"What is public AI?
- Public AI is built by the public sector: ensuring AI capacity is not limited to Big Tech.
- Public AI is accessible: ensuring AI delivers benefits to all.
- Public AI is accountable: ensuring AI reflects society’s values.
- Public AI is being designed and built right now - all around the world.
Why do we need public AI?
- Limited public capacity in AI is stifling our collective capacity to shape the direction of society.
- AI is becoming essential infrastructure, like roads and water pipelines - fitting for the public sector.
- AI systems are growing in power and should reflect society’s values, not the values of shareholders.
- Private companies have a head start - without investment in public capacity now, the gap will grow."