Schmidt Futures Launches AI2050 to Protect Our Human Future in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

17 Feb 2022

Stuart Russell has joined the inaugural cohort of AI2050 fellows, which has been tasked with solving the hard problems of AI. Eric and Wendy Schmidt have committed $125 Million in funding to the initiative over the next five years. Professor Russell’s work is focused on probabilistic programming with a goal of improving AI’s interpretability, provable safety, and performance.