Google, Openai, Roblox and Discord formed a new non -profit organization to help improve the child’s safety online. the Powerful open online safety tools (RoostThe initiative aims to make basic safety technologies easier for companies and provide free and open source AI tools to determine and report sexual assault on children.
The initiative was partially driven Changing developments in artificial intelligence It has been made for online environments and aims to address “the urgent need to accelerate innovation in the safety of the child online,” according to Roust partner, the founder and former executive director of Google Eric Schmidt. Details about CSAM detection tools are slightly further that they will use AI models for large language and current “unification” of the current options to deal with content.
“From a platform focusing on child protection, the cooperative and open approach in Roost will enhance innovation and make the basic infrastructure more transparent, accessible, and comprehensive, with the aim of creating a safer Internet for everyone,” Schmidt said.
Some founding members of Roost Like Discord provides financing, while others open their tools or experiences for the project. Roost says she is cooperating with the main Foundation developers to create a “community of practice” to attend content guarantees, which will include providing artificial intelligence training data groups and selecting gaps in safety.
The initiative says it will make “already existing tools” that can be more accessible, which effectively combines various technology and reports from its member institutions to a unified solution that is easy for other companies to implement. Narin Koniro, Vice President of Engineering, Trust and Safety, Robox, He said Fast company This field may host artificial intelligence systems that companies can integrate through API calls. There is some ambiguity about the moderation tools of artificial intelligence in Roost.
Besides Participate in the neighborhoodDiscord released New “ignore” feature This allows users to hide the messages and notifications they receive without notifying the people who are silent. “In Discord, we believe that safety is a public interest,” said Cleint Smith, chief legal official at Discord. “We are committed to making the entire Internet – not just the dispute – a better and safer place, especially for young people.”
Roost has raised more than $ 27 million to support the first four years of its operations, with the support of charitable organizations including the McGOVERN Foundation, the future of the online trust and safety fund, the Knight Foundation, and Ai Collaboratic. Roost will also be supported by experts in child safety, artificial intelligence, open source technology, and “confrontation of violent extremism” according to the press statement.
