Reports of suspected child exploitation increased 12% from 2022 to 2023, according to the most recent data from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. — Roblox
A new initiative from Alphabet Inc, OpenAI, Roblox Cor. and Discord raised more than US$27mil (RM120.71mil) to provide free, open-source tools for improving child safety online.
Robust Open Online Safety Tools, or ROOST, promises to address "a critical need to accelerate innovation in online child safety,” Eric Schmidt, a founding partner of the organisation and former chief executive officer of Google, said in a statement. ROOST’s AI-powered tools will identify, review and report child sexual abuse material and make core safety technologies more accessible.
