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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Encouraged School Shooter to Target Children
OpenAI’s products endanger public safety; Congress must act The Tech Oversight Project called on Congress to act after the new revelation that OpenAI’s ChatGPT advised the culprit in the deadly Florida State University attack that a mass shooting would get more attention from the media if it involved several children. “While Congress should continue quickly […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Slams Meta for Requesting Judge Throw Out Social Media Addiction Verdict
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project issued the following statement after it became public that Meta requested the judge throw out the ruling in the K.G.M. trial, the first bellwether of the state social media addiction trials. After months of testimony from Meta executives like CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram Chief Adam Mosseri, a […]
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ICYMI: OpenAI, Palantir, Andreessen Horowitz-Funded Dark Money Network Pushed Deceptive, Unethical Influencer Ad Campaign
“This flailing around belies Big Tech’s desperation as its CEOs sense the tide of public opinion shifting against them.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project slammed the OpenAI, Palantir, and Andreessen Horowitz-funded dark money network for laundering its pro-industry talking points through undisclosed influencer ads on TikTok and Instagram. In a bombshell piece […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Applauds Unanimous Passage of Groundbreaking Chatbot Protections by Key Senate Committee
Judiciary Committee Sends GUARD Act to Senate Floor with Resounding Vote The Tech Oversight Project today applauded the Senate Judiciary Committee for its unanimous passage of S.3062, the GUARD Act, which would address urgent harms created by unregulated AI by stopping Big Tech’s targeting of kids and teens with predatory companion chatbots. “We applaud Senators […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Endorses the GUARD Act
TOP joins the coalition of over 60+ children’s safety, survivor-led, civil society, and tech watchdog organizations supporting the bill WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, ahead of a key markup in the Senate Judiciary Committee, The Tech Oversight Project endorsed S.3062, the GUARD Act. The bill, led by Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Katie Britt (R-AL), […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Calls Out Big Tech’s $100M AI Preemption Campaign
Coalition of parents, children’s safety, environmental, AI safety, and watchdog groups call on members to disavow AI super PAC support WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project called out Big Tech’s toxic money as new Federal Election Commission filings became public. The findings show that a small group of billionaire Big Tech executives […]
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COALITION LETTER: Disavow Support from Trump-Backed AI Super PACs
Watchdogs, Children’s Online Safety Groups call out Leading the Future’s Trump connections and dangers to children and teens onlineWashington, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project, alongside 13 children’s online safety, disability rights, tech watchdog, and AI safety organizations, is urging Democratic Members of Congress, including Rep. Clarke, Gottheimer, Gomez, Liccardo, and Subramanyam, to disavow the […]
