http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/17/xprize-ibm-ai/
“The purpose of the XPRIZE is to directly address the dystopian narrative we’ve been seeing in artificial intelligence,” says Stephanie Wander, a Prize Development Associate and lead designer of the A.I. XPRIZE. She’s specifically referring to the horror stories we often see in movies depicting A.I. as untrustworthy entities. “We feel it’s important to address it because we believe that artificial intelligence will enable us to address the world’s most difficult and challenging issues.”