- Mon, 10 Feb 2025 4 Min Read
Leading Technology Companies and Foundations Back New Initiative to Provide Free, Open-Source Tools for a Safer Internet in the AI Era
Unveiled at the French AI Action Summit, ROOST equips builders with scalable solutions to promote AI safety and help protect young people in the digital age
PARIS, Feb. 10, 2025 -- Today, the Robust Open Online Safety Tools (ROOST) initiative launched at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris. Incubated at the Institute of Global Politics at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, 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, Roblox, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, AI Collaborative, Patrick J. 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.
