Openai, Google, Roblox and Discord are associated to boost child security on the Internet with root

Technology companies such as OpenAI, Google, Roblox and Discord have been associated to create ROOST,a New non -profit organization which will offer free and open source tools to move towards a safer experience on the Internet, Especially focused on child security, within the framework of “the era of artificial intelligence (AI)”.

This new initiative has been announced within the framework of the technological event Artificial Intelligence Action Summitheld in Paris (France), where the need to promote safety among users and, above all, to help protect young people in digital spaces.

In this sense, ROOST, which comes from Robust Open Online Safety Toolswill gather the experience, resources and investments of some of the main technology and philanthropic organizations for Build a “scalable and interoperable” security infrastructure “ and focused on child protection.

Specifically, Roost’s founding partners include companies in the sector as Discord, Openai, Google, RobloxJohn S. and James L. Knight Foundation, AI Collaborative, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation y Project Liberty Instituteas detailed in a statement.

Likewise, the organization also has the support and experience of “a broad set” of partners of the fields of the AIphilanthropy, the academic world, open source, child security and the fight against violent extremism.

With all this, the objective of Root is to address an “important” gap in digital security, emphasizing online child safety. To do this, they will offer Free and open source security tools to both public and private organizations, “of all sizes and worldwide.”

As specified, root tools can be used for, for example, detect, review and report child sexual abuse (CSAM) ‘on-line’. Likewise, they will be based on the Big Language Model Power (LLM) to boost security infrastructure.

This incitement arises because, as they have explained, as innovative technologies continue to evolve, so does the online safety panorama. In addition, they have stressed how Generative “is reconfiguring the online environment”, which Increases the need for “reliable” security infrastructure.

“From a platform focused on child protection, the collaborative and open source approach to Roost will encourage innovation and make essential infrastructure more transparent, accessible and inclusivewith the aim of creating a safer Internet for all, “said one of the founding partners of Roost, Eric Schmidt.