Reid Hoffman, Clem Delangue among tech entrepreneurs and VCs calling for AI 'public goods'

LinkedIN Cofounder and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman sitting on staqe holding a microphone. (Credit: Dominik Bind—Getty Images)

• Ten prominent tech CEOs and venture capitalists are calling for the creation of public data sets and incentives to develop "small" AI models.

A group of prominent tech CEOs, entrepreneurs, AI researchers, and venture capitalists have signed an open letter calling on governments, technology companies, and civil society groups to help create “new global public goods in AI.”

The letter was circulated ahead of a meeting of world leaders in Paris, France, to discuss AI governance and ways to ensure AI serves humanity. A new initiative called Current AI, which will help fund the creation of these kinds of AI public goods, is expected to be announced at the meeting—which host government France has dubbed the AI Action Summit.