Emanuele Pugliese @emanupgl finds that with the big tech companies controlling the big AI research budgets, we are poorly placed to ensure Artificial Intelligence is developed in a way which serves humanity as a whole. 'The rise of AI-driven research could usher in a golden age of scientific breakthroughs, or a deeply divided future where many labs (in particular public labs, especially in the global south) lack the advanced AI tools to carry out cutting-edge research. Names like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, OpenAI and Tesla are now at the forefront of basic research – a major departure from the days when public and academic institutions led the charge. 'This new reality raises pressing questions. Can we fully trust AI developed by private companies to shape scientific research? 'It also raises questions about how we address the risks of concentrated power, threats to open science (making research freely accessible), and the uneven distribution of scientific rewards between countries and communities. 'If we are to celebrate the first AI to win a Nobel prize for its own discovery, we must ensure the conditions are in place not to see it as the triumph of some humans over others, but as a victory for humanity as a whole.' Read the full article here: braveneweurope.com/emanuele-… #AI #Artificial_Intelligence #artificalintelligence #BigTech #PublicResearch