White House AI meeting represents an important step toward building collaboration between govt and industry in the realm of artificial intelligence, says an official. Photo: APWashington: Officials from top tech companies including Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Amazon.com Inc., and Facebook Inc. are among those planning to attend a meeting at the White House on Thursday on artificial intelligence. The White House is inviting over 100 business leaders, senior government officials, and experts for an AI summit to address issues including development, regulatory barriers and specific applications. Business executives will represent sectors ranging from tech to food and agriculture, energy and manufacturing, financial services, health care, transportation and logistics, according to a White House official. Facebook said it plans to send Jérôme Pesenti, the vice president of AI, while Amazon confirmed Rohit Prasad, the vice president and head scientist for its Alexa device unit, will attend the meeting.

Source: Mint May 08, 2018 15:45 UTC