Allen Institute for AI

Allen Institute for AI
Formation2014; 10 years ago (2014)
FounderPaul Allen
TypeNon-profit research institute
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Location
Key people
Peter Clark, Yejin Choi, Noah Smith, Hannaneh Hajishirzi, Dan Weld, Chris Bretherton, Ani Kembhavi, Jes Lefcourt
Websiteallenai.org Edit this at Wikidata

The Allen Institute for AI (abbreviated AI2) is a 501(c)3 non-profit research institute founded by late Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen in 2014. The institute seeks to conduct high-impact AI research and engineering in service of the common good.[1] Oren Etzioni was appointed by Paul Allen[2] in September 2013 to direct the research at the institute. After leading the organization for nine years, Oren Etzioni stepped down from his role as CEO[3] on September 30, 2022. He was replaced in an interim capacity by the leading researcher of the company's Aristo project, Peter Clark. On June 20, 2023, AI2 announced Ali Farhadi as its next CEO starting July 31, 2023.[4] The company's board formed a search committee for a new CEO. AI2 also has an active office in Tel Aviv, Israel.[5]

  1. ^ "About — Allen Institute for AI". allenai.org. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  2. ^ Cook, John (2013-09-04). "Going beyond Siri and Watson: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen taps Oren Etzioni to lead new Artificial Intelligence Institute". GeekWire. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  3. ^ Schlosser, Kurt (2022-06-15). "Oren Etzioni stepping down as CEO of Allen Institute for AI after nine years at research hub". GeekWire. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  4. ^ Bishop, Todd (2023-06-20). "Apple machine learning leader Ali Farhadi named CEO of Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence". GeekWire. Archived from the original on 2023-06-20.
  5. ^ "AI2 Israel — Allen Institute for AI". allenai.org. Retrieved 2023-05-26.