# Google Bets on "Open" for future of Artificial Intelligence
**URL:** https://community.openconversational.ai/t/google-bets-on-open-for-future-of-artificial-intelligence/276
**Category:** News
**Created:** [November 9, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/google-bets-on-open-for-future-of-artificial-intelligence/276 "2015-11-09T23:43:02Z")
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### Author:  [@ryanleesipes](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/ryanleesipes)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/google-bets-on-open-for-future-of-artificial-intelligence/276/1 "2015-11-09T23:43:03Z")
Like us, Google has decided to bet on open source for the future of artificial intelligence with their “Tensor Flow” project.
We are thrilled with the release and are looking into training it for our own models for STT (and other purposes). Here is our write up on the matter:
> **[Google bets "Open" is Future of Artificial Intelligence - Mycroft](https://mycroft.ai/blog/google-bets-open-is-future-of-artificial-intelligence/)**
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> Google is open sourcing its artificial intelligence stack called "Tensor Flow", and Mycroft is eager to make us of it.
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### Author:  [@testman](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/testman)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2015, 9:52am UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/google-bets-on-open-for-future-of-artificial-intelligence/276/2 "2015-11-10T09:52:04Z")
I was just about to ask if you intend to grab this opportunity to benefit Mycroft.
It’s great to see that you guys keep an eye out for everything that can be used to make Mycroft great.
Here is source code if anyone wants to have a look:
> **[tensorflow/tensorflow](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow)**
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> An Open Source Machine Learning Framework for Everyone
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### Author:  [@afeder](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/afeder)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/google-bets-on-open-for-future-of-artificial-intelligence/276/3 "2015-11-12T21:33:47Z")
I wish I actually understood how neural networks and TensorFlow works (beyond the popular descriptions like “it simulates layers of neurons”, which doesn’t help much).
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### Author:  [@Autonomouse](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/Autonomouse)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2015, 9:27am UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/google-bets-on-open-for-future-of-artificial-intelligence/276/4 "2015-12-15T09:27:51Z")
Looks like they’re not the only ones:
> **[OpenAI](https://openai.com/)**
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> OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company. Our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.
EDIT: Context:
> **[How Elon Musk and Y Combinator Plan to Stop Computers From Taking Over](https://medium.com/backchannel/how-elon-musk-and-y-combinator-plan-to-stop-computers-from-taking-over-17e0e27dd02a#.6ebsm9yb2)**
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> They’re funding a new organization, OpenAI, to pursue the most advanced forms of artificial intelligence — and give the results to the…
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### Author:  [@ryanleesipes](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/ryanleesipes)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/google-bets-on-open-for-future-of-artificial-intelligence/276/5 "2015-12-15T21:09:26Z")
Yep, and we are getting ready to release some stuff in this space as well 😄