
David Cox is the VP of AI Models and Director at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab. He leads the innovation agenda for foundation models at IBM Research and focuses on fundamental research in artificial intelligence at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, a collaboration between IBM and MIT.

Open innovation in AI, according to Cox, involves collaboration and sharing of resources among companies, leveraging the strengths of all parties. It requires a nuanced view of openness, focusing on transparency, community contributions, and standardized practices akin to traditional open-source software. It also entails representing enterprise data within foundation models to unlock its full value and integrating institutional knowledge for tailored AI solutions.