You may put your trust in Sam Altman and his group of mercenaries with varying degrees of intelligence to do all within their power to thwart international efforts to seize control of a domain that may destroy us. Not that they disagree with the idea of establishing regulations governing the application of GenAI and its offspring. All Altman wants to do is be the one doing it, together with Microsoft and his OpenAI.
Another example of how OpenAI wants to demonstrate that they are capable of self-censorship (or is it self governance?) is their most recent partnership with Common Sense Media to offer family-friendly chatbot apps powered by their GenAI models. Because of the increasing desire for AI regulation that we are currently seeing, there may be legal restrictions.
Which may be the main motivation for OpenAI’s attempt to gain the confidence of decision-makers across the world as well as domestic parents by partnering with Common Sense Media, an initiative that aims to reduce the harm that technology and media can do to kids, particularly those in their pre-teen and adolescent years. The partner is a charity that rates and evaluates media and technology for children’s acceptability.
How does the partnership work?
So what might OpenAI accomplish in this collaboration? In close collaboration with the NGO, it will choose “family-friendly” chatbot apps that utilize its proprietary GenAI algorithms. These would be prominently displayed in the marketplace that Altman and colleagues established, the GPT Store, and Common Sense would offer ratings based on its evaluation criteria.
Sam Altman himself said these things, and they were included in a statement. He continues, “Our partnership with Common Sense will further strengthen our safety work, ensuring that families and teens can use our tools with confidence. AI offers incredible benefits for families and teens.”
About three months after Common Sense’s new framework, which was created in September of last year, agreed to the ratings and reviews created by OpenAI, the relationship was formed. According to the foundation, the goal is to evaluate the AI products’ effects and safety as well as their transparency, ethical application, and use.
What’s the purpose of the alliance?
According to James Steyer, co-founder of Common Sense, the framework is intended to provide a label for AI-powered apps. According to him, the app’s goal is to identify the possible uses for particular chatbots and then draw attention to any instances when they deviate from a set of common sense principles.
Steyer claims in a news release that parents of today still tend to know less about GenAI products than do younger people. In contrast to 30% of parents of school-aged children, 58% of students between the ages of 12 and 18 reported using ChatGPT, according to an Impact Research survey conducted late last year on behalf of Common Sense Media. In an email, Steyer added,
“Common Sense and OpenAI will work together to make sure that AI has a positive impact on all teens and families.” “We hope to prevent any unexpected consequences of this emerging technology by working together to educate families, educators, and other stakeholders about safe and responsible use of [OpenAI tools like] ChatGPT through our guides and curation.”
From OpenAI’s point of view, the timing of this cooperation is ideal, considering the regulatory concerns surrounding the use of its ChatGPT technology. The US Federal Trade Commission initiated an investigation into OpenAI to see if ChatGPT’s data gathering and dissemination of incorrect information about specific persons caused harm to consumers.
The European data authorities, who were concerned about OpenAI’s handling of personal data, filed a lawsuit akin to this. Its toolkit, which includes GenAI tools, has a tendency to boldly invent things and misrepresent simple facts. Furthermore, there is the issue of bias stemming from the reflection of the data that these models are trained on.
There is a growing perception that children and teenagers are turning to them more and more for assistance with both personal and academic matters. In a survey by the Center for Democracy and Technology, children indicate they have used ChatGPT to address anxiety or mental health problems 29% of the time, friend problems 22% of the time, and family disputes 16% of the time.
