Google puts up $25 million for AI research to help humanity, Earth

Ladies and gentlemen, start your algorithms: Google is creating a $25 million fund for artificial intelligence research around the world, to address social and economic problems. Organizations chosen by the Mountain View digital advertising giant will receive not only financial assistance, but help from Google AI experts and computing resources, said Jacquelline Fuller, president of Google's charity arm, Google.org. Grants for the "Google AI Impact Challenge" are expected to range from about $500,000 to $2 million, Fuller said. "AI can help us revisit problems that were previously seen as unsolvable," Fuller said. "We're optimistic that AI can accelerate research and engineering efforts to tackle the world's biggest humanitarian, environmental and social problems. We want to work with organizations and developers globally."