Robert Downey Jr. and Leonardo DiCaprio invest in AI

Two millionaire actors are already heavily involved in AI investing and they’re not alone

Fox News reports that Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Downey Jr. and many other celebrities heavily involved Investing in artificial intelligence. Leonardo DiCaprio has been involved in artificial intelligence as part of the Regeneration VC Environmental Fund, of which he is a strategic advisor. Fund, which claims to specialize in “Scaling up consumer-driven climate innovation“, invested in AI-focused recycling company Graperot. The fund stepped in to save Graperot, investing $1.6 million, after another investor went bankrupt.

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Greyparrot aims to use artificial intelligence to improverecycling automation so that less material is wasted. Their product, in which Leonardo DiCaprio’s fund has invested heavily, aims to use an artificial intelligence system to determine what valuable materials can be found in treated waste. The system was reportedly designed to integrate into the pre-existing infrastructure of recycling plants, meaning not much has to change for companies to start using the AI ​​model.

Like Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Downey Jr. is using a venture fund to invest in environmentally oriented artificial intelligence systems, even though the actor has been heavily involved in AI investments for years. Downey Jr. launched his own fund called the Footprint Coalition during the 2019 AI conference hosted by Amazon. Robert Downey Jr.’s fund is currently investing in ClimateAI, an AI modeling tool that hopes to predict weather conditions months or years in advance. The fund is also investing in several non-AI companies that promise to provide green products, such as electric conversions for classic cars and green cooking oils. Most recently, he sponsored a team of MIT researchers who are trying to build electric motors powerful enough to be installed in aircraft.

artists who invest in “forPowerful New AI-Based Era,

Along with Robert Downey Jr. and Leonardo DiCaprio, Ashton Kutcher engages in AI through his venture capital firm, Sound Ventures. However, this company seems to be less focused on the environment and more focused on some of the highest profile AI launches. Kutcher’s company invested in OpenAI, the company responsible for building ChatGPT, and Stability.ai, the company that created the StableDiffusion imaging model. Black Eyed Peas artist Will.i.am is also getting into AI, but unlike Ashton Kutcher, Robert Downey Jr., and Leonardo DiCaprio, he’s not using a venture fund to do so. Instead, he founded the technology company i.am+, which hopes to build a community of coders and creative artists that “will usher in a powerful new era based on AI

His company is currently building “Omega”, which hopes to create an “interactive user experience” on their devices.