# 64 An Open Approach to AI Innovation – a Conversation with Arif Khan

SingularityNET – An Open Approach to AI Innovation – a Conversation with Arif Khan Chief Marketing Officer of SingularityNET  SingularityNET is an open source-based platform for developing and sharing artificial intelligence co-founded by Ben Goertzel and David Hanson of Hanson Robotics (best know for the Sophia robot).  In our conversation with Arif Khan, CMO for SingularityNET, he outlines the current challenges relating to the centralization of AI capabilities and the risks that come when bad actors exploit systems that lack transparency.  He shares the open source vision for SingularityNET, a platform and community dedicated to enabling collaborative, open development and sharing of AI and machine learning technologies.  The opportunities and vision of the project, along with the accelerator and incubated businesses, seek to democratize access to innovation and powerful capabilities in a transparent and egalitarian fashion.   Lastly, he shares some of the relevant work ongoing to leverage robots to help people with meditation, a confluence of technology and humanity to provide better outcomes.