OpenAIThe company announced on Monday that it will partner with Common Sense Media to launch ateenagerUse safelyAIprojects.
“We want to figure out how to make this tool safe, responsible, and broadly available to teenagers and those who are going to use it as part of their educational experience,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said at a Common Sense event in San Francisco.
Common Sense, a nonprofit focused on making technology safe and usable for children, has been working to develop an AI rating and review system for parents, children, and educators to better understand the risks and benefits of technology. Some of the questions Common Sense wants to answer include whether AI can foster a passion for learning in young people, whether it respects human and children's rights, and whether it can exacerbate the spread of false information.
The goal of this new collaborative project is to help create AI-powered instructional and educational materials for children, educators, and parents, as well as large-scale language models to help screen GPT brands that meet Common Sense ratings and standards for “family-friendly.” GPT is at the heart of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot, which launched in late 2022.
Jim Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media, said in a statement that materials developed through the collaborative project "will be designed to educate families and educators on how to use ChatGPT safely and responsibly so that together we can avoid any unintended consequences of this emerging technology."