Project Liberty Advocates for 'Pro-Human AI'
The Project Liberty Institute is headlining four sessions at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. The institute is advocating for a "pro-human" AI stack, improved digital governance, and greater individual user sovereignty. The summit provides a platform for global collaboration on AI ethics and governance.
- Project Liberty was founded in 2021 by civic entrepreneur Frank McCourt, who formerly owned the Los Angeles Dodgers and currently owns the Olympique de Marseille football club. - A core component of the institute's technical strategy is the Decentralized Social Networking Protocol (DSNP), an open-source standard designed to allow users to own their data and social connections, independent of any single platform. - The organization is structured into two main arms: Project Liberty Labs, which focuses on building technology, and the Project Liberty Institute, a non-profit that engages in research, policy, and stewards open-source initiatives like DSNP. - To advance its research and governance models, the institute collaborates with academic partners including Stanford University, Georgetown University, and ETH Zurich. - The summit is a key event for the Indian government's "IndiaAI Mission," a national program approved with an outlay of ₹10,372 Cr (over $1.2 billion USD) to build a domestic AI ecosystem by improving access to computing, data, and talent. - At the summit, Project Liberty Institute President Tomicah Tillemann is co-hosting a main-stage session titled "Building Trust: Digital Infrastructure Fit for the AI Era" in partnership with the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). - The Indian government is actively subsidizing AI development, allowing researchers and startups to access GPU computing power at a significantly lower rate than global market prices.
