OpenAI today announced a partnership with CommonSense Media. Common Sense Media is a nonprofit organization that reviews and rates media and technology as appropriate for children. The hope is to gain the trust of parents and policymakers by partnering with organizations dedicated to reducing the harm technology and media have on children, preschoolers and teens.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that as part of the partnership, OpenAI will work with CommonSense Media to curate "family-friendly" GPTs (chatbot applications powered by OpenAI's GenAI model) on OpenAI's GPT marketplace GPTStore, based on CommonSense's ratings and evaluation criteria.
"Artificial intelligence brings incredible benefits to families and teens, and our partnership with Common Sense will further strengthen our safety efforts to ensure families and teens can use our tools with confidence," Altman added in a statement.
Previously, OpenAI had said it would participate in the new framework launched by CommonSense in September, which aims to evaluate the safety, transparency, ethical use and impact of artificial intelligence products for artificial intelligence rating and review. James Steyer, co-founder and CEO of Common Sense, said the Common Sense framework aims to label artificial intelligence products with "nutrition labels" to reveal the context in which the product is used and highlight potential areas of opportunity and harm based on a set of "Common Sense" principles.
"CommonSense and OpenAI will work together to ensure that AI has a positive impact on all youth and families," Steyer said in an emailed statement. "Our guidance and curation will be designed to educate families and educators about the safe and responsible use of [OpenAI tools like] ChatGPT so that together we can avoid any unintended consequences of this emerging technology."