Mozilla, the developer of the Firefox Internet browser, has reportedly introduced a new startup called Mozilla.ai. The new startup has been developed with the hope to build a trustworthy and independent open-source AI ecosystem from the company.
Mozilla further said that it is investing around 30 million USD to initially build the new startup.
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In a blog post, the company stated: "The vision for Mozilla.ai is to make it easy to develop trustworthy AI products. We will build things and hire/collaborate with people that share our vision: AI that has agency, accountability, transparency and openness at its core. Mozilla.ai will be a space outside big tech and academia for like-minded founders, developers, scientists, product managers and builders to gather," Mark Surman, the executive president of Mozilla and the head of Mozilla.ai”.
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Moreover, the company stated that this group of people, working collectively, could turn the tide to create an independent, decentralised and trustworthy AI ecosystem with a real counterweight to the status quo.
The initial focus of Mozilla.ai (the new startup) will be the tools to make generative AI safer and more transparent. The people-centric recommendation systems don't misinform or undermine the company's well-being.
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Later this year, the company mentioned that it will announce additional initiatives, events and partners, in which people can participate.
In December 2022, Mozilla completed the acquisition of the US-based virtual spaces and events start-up Active Replica to bolster its metaverse strategy.
Mozilla has purchased the startup as it builds out Hubs, the company's virtual reality (VR) collaboration platform.
Inputs from IANS
