🤖 AI Summary
OpenAIは、子供安全に関する規制を推進する機関に対して直接的な関与を公言せず、裏で活動を行なっていることが明らかになりました。カリフォルニア州に本社を置く「Parents and Kids Safe AI Coalition」は、18歳未満のユーザーに対するAI企業の年齢確認等の追加セキュリティ措置の義務化を目的として結成された団体ですが、その背後にはOpenAIが資金を供給していることが分かりました。OpenAIはこの団体の一員ではなく、実質的に唯一の寄付者であり、支援金額は1000万ドルに上るとされています。しかし、OpenAIは自身の関与を公表せず、連携団体やウェブサイトで情報が漏洩していないことが問題視されています。この行動はCEOであるSam Altmanの利益につながる可能性があると指摘されています。
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: OpenAI hasn't been shy about spending money lobbying for favorable laws and regulations. But when it comes to its involvement with child safety advocacy groups, the company has apparently decided it's best to stay in the shadows -- even if it means hiding from the people actually pushing for policy changes. According to a report from the San Francisco Standard, a number of people involved in the California-based Parents and Kids Safe AI Coalition were blindsided to learn their efforts were secretly being funded by OpenAI. Per the Standard, the Parents and Kids Safe AI Coalition was a group formed to push the Parents and Kids Safe AI Act, a piece of California legislation proposed earlier this year that would require AI firms to implement age verification and additional safeguards for users under the age of 18. That bill was backed by OpenAI in partnership with Common Sense Media, which proposed the legislation as a compromise after the two groups had pushed dueling ballot initiatives last year.
But when the coalition started to reach out to child safety groups and other advocacy organizations to try to get them to lend support to the bill, OpenAI was apparently conveniently left off the messaging. The AI giant was also left out of the marketing on the coalition's website, according to the Standard. That reportedly led to a number of groups and individuals lending their support to the Parents and Kids Safe AI Coalition without realizing that they were aligning themselves with OpenAI. As it turns out, OpenAI isn't just one of the members of the coalition; it is the group's biggest funder. In fact, the Standard characterized the Parents and Kids Safe AI Coalition as being "entirely funded" by OpenAI. While it's not clear exactly how much the company has funneled to this particular group, a Wall Street Journal report from January said OpenAI pledged $10 million to push the Parents and Kids Safe AI Act. Gizmodo notes that OpenAI's backing of the Parents and Kids Safe AI Act "could be self-serving for CEO Sam Altman," who just so happens to head a company called World that provides age verification services.
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