Child protective services and Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Can high-powered digital tools support families and children? We think they can, when used with care and forethought. No commissioner or supervisor wants to read about a career ending incident caused by a … Read More
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The Danger of AI Overuse
Bill Gates once said, if you want a problem solved, give it to the lazy person. What he meant was lazy people like to cut corners and do things the most efficient way possible, because they don’t like to put … Read More
Framework for Coherent AI Use in K-12 Education
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming part of daily classroom practice, whether schools are ready or not. Teachers are using AI tools to save time on lesson planning, generate feedback on student writing, create leveled reading passages, and support students with different learning styles. Students … Read More
Inescapable AI
The Ways AI Decides How Low Income People Work, Live, Learn, and Survive Executive Summary The use of artificial intelligence, or AI, by governments, landlords, employers, and other powerful private interests restricts the opportunities of low-income people in every basic … Read More
White House Task Force To Address Online Harassment And Abuse
Executive Summary Online harassment and abuse are increasingly widespread in today’s digitally connected world. This can include online threats and intimidation as well as various forms of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), such as the non-consensual distribution of intimate images, including … Read More
Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: Current and Emerging Threats
Introduction The proliferation of online child sexual abuse and exploitation presents a serious threat to children globally. In 2023, the US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) received over 36.2 million reports of suspected child sexual exploitation, which … Read More
Safety by Design for Generative AI: Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
Issue Overview Offline and online sexual harms against children have been accelerated by the internet. The child safety ecosystem is already overtaxed. In 2022 reports to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) contained over 88 million files … Read More
Recommendations for Regulating Artificial Intelligence to Minimize Risks to Children and Their Families
From January 2023 to March 2024, multiple entities have published guidance on artificial intelligence (AI), underscoring growing public concerns regarding AI governance. Meanwhile, as federal and state legislators weigh the need for AI regulations to safeguard the public from various risks, recent discourse … Read More