Organizations pledge $200 million to censor ‘disinformation,’ ‘defend elections’
Globalist billionaires including George Soros and Pierre Omidyar are joining forces with the Biden administration to ensure AI development serves the “public interest.”
“[T]he Open Society Foundations, along with nine other leading philanthropies, launched a new initiative to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) advances the public interest by promoting responsible use and innovation while mitigating harms,” read a press release from George Soros’ Open Society Foundations last month.
Open Society Foundations is joined by Omidyar Network, Ford Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Democracy Fund, Heising-Simons Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Kapor Foundation, Mozilla Foundation, and the Wallace Global Fund.
Under the supervision of Kamala Harris, the foundations are pooling $200 million to ensure AI technology serves globalist ideals, such as “protecting democracy” by “defending elections” and censoring “disinformation.”
“Philanthropies acting in this pillar are supporting initiatives to protect U.S. democracy from the potentially destabilizing effects of AI,” said the organizations in the press release. “These efforts include defending free and fair elections while combating disinformation and the undermining of public trust. The philanthropies are also funding projects to develop inclusive, rights-respecting AI governance frameworks and to guard against harmful impacts to historically marginalized communities.”
Omidyar Network announced this week a $30 million endowment — the initiative’s first contribution.
Another stated aim of the organizations is to shape government regulations and policy on AI development as part of a larger goal “to improve quality of life for people around the world”:
Projects include efforts to build policymakers’ understanding and use of AI and relevant technology to shape effective and equitable policy, and to redefine computer science education, research, and technology to center the needs, problems, and aspirations of all.
The organizations also pledge to hold AI companies responsible for “racial, social, and economic bias” in their products, and to make sure that all the above is part of a globalist framework adopted by international bodies.
The philanthropies aligned in this initiative are working with global partners to advance the development and implementation of responsible international AI governance and norms. Funded projects include development of policy frameworks, research that illuminates impacts of discrimination and bias, and advocacy efforts to ensure civil society has a seat at the table as international rules are developed.