Engadget

APRIL 17, 2025

Teen Safety Assist , also introduced in 2023, added automatic content filters and a new warning system for people who violate the apps guidelines. In 2025, Discord launched a nonprofit coalition called Roost with the express purpose of developing open-source child safety tools.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Roblox, Discord, OpenAI and Google are launching a nonprofit organization called ROOST , or Robust Open Online Safety Tools, which hopes "to build scalable, interoperable safety infrastructure suited for the AI era."

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

Yahya Bouhlel started coding in his early teens. His new job was to open a subsidiary for a French open source tech startup and that required hiring developers on the ground. Bouhlel says the company has local teachers in every country — over 500 in number — and they teach students in over 12 languages.

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DipJar

AUGUST 24, 2022

She came to the library right before a significant capital campaign to transform the library into “an open source, people’s university” and hasn’t looked back since. In that role, she is responsible for marketing, communications, and fundraising.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 5, 2025

The trend has prompted alarm from child safety watchdogs and parents, heightened by high profile cases of teens who have engaged in extreme, sometimes life-threatening , behavior in the wake of personal interactions with companion chatbots. and the prevalence of deceptively-labeled mental health chatbots.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 1, 2023

AI as a service is now a reality and can be powered by any number of growing open-source models. For the relationship level, AI chatbot provides greetings and routes teens to human counselors who then provide advice. 1000+ chats with scripted dialogues and empathetic language. Close monitoring is required.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

Signisa (Dobbs Ferry, New York) An organization working to develop an AI-powered sign language learning application offering free, accessible courses. Dorothy’s Calculator (Los Angeles, California) A website that curates informational resources on gender identity and offers support spaces for trans and nonbinary youth in the greater LA area.

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