Gloo Launches New Open Source Initiative To Drive Rapid Innovation of Values-Aligned AI

Developers can now register to join the new Gloo open source AI platform for building values-aligned AI

BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Gloo, the technology platform connecting the faith ecosystem, announced the launch of Gloo Open, its new open source artificial intelligence initiative, which underscores a growing trend toward transparency and collaboration in AI. The initiative centers on the Gloo commitment to provide values-aligned AI for human flourishing through its research, models, non-copyrighted datasets, and standards framework. The announcement, made alongside industry leaders and partners, signals a significant shift toward values-aligned AI development.

"AI is so critical to the future of humanity — the principles of open and trust are essential," said Pat Gelsinger, Chairman at Gloo and former CEO of Intel. "At Gloo, we are committed to participating fully according to the best practices of the open source community. Working together we will ensure AI innovation is accelerated and social trust is developed through an open approach."

At the core of the Gloo Open initiative is its innovative approach to creating values-aligned AI models on behalf of its users, which includes developers as well as publishers, parachurch organizations and more. The approach involves cloning established open source models — including Meta and Mistral — onto its secure, isolated infrastructure. The Gloo proprietary training pipeline is then applied to improve the models with values-aligned principles using available data sets that can be personalized by the user or organization. This process enables users to specify the values they would like the model to align to and address censorship issues and biases they wish to minimize that come with many mainstream AI models.

"At Gloo, we believe that open ecosystems are far more powerful than closed ones," explained Steele Billings, Chief AI Officer at Gloo. "The Gloo AI fine-tuning process, developed through our early Flourishing AI research, leverages an open approach, ensuring that the outputs are aligned with the values of the user and culturally attuned."

Gloo is also using the Global Flourishing Study research to develop advanced AI models for human flourishing, with the study's findings slated for open source release later in 2025. The Global Flourishing Study is a five-year research initiative in collaboration between scholars at the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard and Baylor's Institute for Studies of Religion, and in partnership with Gallup and the Center for Open Science.

The ongoing Gloo approach and commitment to open source AI mirrors similar commitments seen from industry giants like Meta, Hugging Face and others.

Expanding on conventional performance metrics, Gloo will be introducing a comprehensive framework of standards to evaluate AI models on values-driven criteria. The framework assesses alignment with user-designated core values which could include a range of dimensions like community engagement, family life, spiritual formation, vocational health, and physical and mental wellness, and more. The standards also address areas like accuracy to specific content including the Bible, and historical and theological contexts. These standards pave the way for more rigorous improvement and validation of AI models, ensuring that AI outputs are aligned with the values of its developers and users.

"I am incredibly proud of the work our team has dedicated over the years to bring Gloo Open to life," emphasized Scott Beck, CEO at Gloo. "Thanks to the relentless dedication of our brilliant team and the valued partners who share our commitment to open approaches and trust, we're now ready to share our research and models with the global developer community. Our commitment to innovation and transparency remains unwavering, and Gloo Open marks a significant step forward in shaping a future of values-aligned AI that enriches lives and drives human flourishing."

Developers interested in building on the Gloo open source AI platform can access advanced APIs and development tools designed specifically for creating transformational applications. More detailed information about Gloo AI is available at ai.gloo.com.

Gloo is the technology platform connecting the faith ecosystem. Gloo connects developers, organizations and ministry leaders to values-based AI, resources, insights, and funding so their people flourish and their organizations thrive. Gloo enables trusted exchange between organizations and people, so they can collaborate with greater confidence.

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