Dangerous tech?: There are concerns that new artificial intelligence efforts could spin out of control and endup being detrimental to society.
Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Facebook, IBM, and Google-owned British AI firm DeepMind last year established the non-profit organisation, called "Partnership on AI," which will have its inaugural board meeting in San Francisco on Feb 3.
Apple "has been involved and collaborating with the partnership since before it was first announced and is thrilled to formalise its membership," the alliance said in an online post.
