Ryn Linthicum

As generative AI evolves, it’s transforming online experiences and raising new challenges and opportunities for child safety. This panel will bring together voices from across the AI ecosystem to share how they are preventing, detecting, and mitigating OCSEA. Panelists will discuss safety-by-design principles at every stage of the AI model lifecycle, from early risk assessments to post-deployment safeguards. Highlighting practical tools, strategies, and lessons learned, as well as opportunities to leverage AI for the prevention and detection of harm. The session will showcase collaborative industry efforts to improve online child safety, including how companies have jointly developed and deployed AI safety approaches.

• Practical strategies for embedding safety-by-design approaches from the product design phase of AI systems.
• Developing effective policies and guidelines for AI use with policy frameworks that allow for agility and adaptability.
• Identifying and mitigating unique child safety risks introduced by AI.
• Discussing the technical and operational challenges of monitoring, detecting, and enforcing T&S policies within AI-driven products and services at scale.