Roblox, Google back initiative to provide open-source tools for safer internet

The Robust Open Online Safety Tools, ROOST, initiative launched at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris. ROOST is a new non-profit organization that brings together the expertise, resources, and investments of major technology companies and philanthropies to build scalable, interoperable safety infrastructure suited for the AI era. ROOST’s founding partners include Eric Schmidt, Discord, OpenAI, Google (GOOGL), Roblox (RBLX), John and James Knight Foundation, AI Collaborative, Patrick McGovern Foundation and Project Liberty Institute. ROOST also benefits from the support and expertise of a wide set of partners from the fields of AI, philanthropy, academia, open source, child safety, and countering violent extremism. ROOST addresses a gap in digital safety-especially online child safety-by providing free, open-source safety tools to public and private organizations of all sizes across the globe.