Twitter co-founder invests in AI project to create 'new type of media' - AOL

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has spoken about his decision to invest in artificial intelligence as part of a project which aims to create "a new type of media". Mr Stone was joined by AI Foundation co-founder and chief executive Lars Buttler at the One Young World conference to introduce the concept of "personal media". The digital pioneers presented the concept, which is communication through an artificial version of yourself, as the next type of media following on from mass media and social media. The AI Foundation, a start-up business based in San Francisco, is working on artificial intelligence "that think and act like you" using 10 billion dollars of funding from investors. Users of this technology would own an AI version of themselves, which would "share their values and interests" by being programmed and controlled by them.