ROOST in the News
Featured · Feb 2025
Platformer
An overdue idea for making the internet safer just got the funding it needs
"ROOST has the potential to revolutionize trust and safety, in the same way that open source tools made cybersecurity accessible and accelerated innovation in the 90s."
Jul 2026
Center for Democracy & Technology
It's Game Time for Content Moderation
"Making more T&S tools open-source, as ROOST is doing, is another way T&S teams and engineers can work towards making tools more nimble, customizable, and auditable."
Mar 2026
EE Times
Open-Source AI Gains Ground as Rising Costs Push Shift to Smaller Models
"At Mozilla, we are involved in ROOST, the Robust Open Online Safety Tools foundation, which builds AI-driven trust and safety software."
Oct 2025
CNBC
OpenAI introduces safety models that other sites can use to classify harms
"OpenAI developed the models in partnership with Robust Open Online Safety Tools, or ROOST, an organization dedicated to building safety infrastructure for AI."
Feb 2025
Bloomberg
Roblox Joins Tech Companies in New Fund to Protect Kids Online
"ROOST promises to address a critical need to accelerate innovation in online child safety."
eMarketer · Jul 2026
Interactive experiences are reshaping Gen Alpha's entertainment discovery
Center for Democracy & Technology · Jul 2026
It's Game Time for Content Moderation
The Logic · Jun 2026
Canada joins the movement to make AI more open source
Trust & Safety Remotely · Apr 2026
What Makes a Trust & Safety System?
Tech Policy Press · Apr 2026
Why AI 'Model Cards' Are an Urgent Necessity for Child Safety
EE Times · Mar 2026
Open-Source AI Gains Ground as Rising Costs Push Shift to Smaller Models
Yahoo Tech · Oct 2025
OpenAI Unveils New AI Models to Improve Online Safety
CNBC · Oct 2025
OpenAI introduces safety models that other sites can use to classify harms
Journal du Net · Oct 2025
Ryan Beiermeister (OpenAI) : « Les deux nouveaux modèles d'OpenAI permettent de modérer du contenu et de classifier les risques »
Tech Policy Press · Mar 2025
ROOST Reminds Us Why Open Source Tools Matter
SF Business Times · Feb 2025
Salesforce, Google join French-led "public interest" AI initiative
Inside AI Policy · Feb 2025
Major tech firms at Paris AI summit unveil open-source tool to protect children
SF Business Times · Feb 2025
Google, OpenAI support new AI safety nonprofit ROOST
Maginative · Feb 2025
Google, OpenAI, Roblox, and Discord Form Child Safety Group to Combat Online Child Exploitation in the AI Era
MediaPost · Feb 2025
Google, OpenAI Back Online Non-Profit To Foster Child Safety
MMOBomb · Feb 2025
Discord And Roblox Join Other Tech Giants In Funding "ROOST," Initiative Will Provide Free, Open-Source Online Child Safety Tools
Punchbowl News · Feb 2025
Tech starts group to build AI safety tools
The Hill · Feb 2025
Tech companies raise more than $27 million to build infrastructure for kids online safety
Bloomberg · Feb 2025
Roblox Joins Tech Companies in New Fund to Protect Kids Online
Fast Company · Feb 2025
Roblox joins $27 million industry nonprofit to support online safety
The Verge · Feb 2025
Roblox, Discord, OpenAI, and Google found new child safety group
Engadget · Feb 2025
Roblox, Discord, OpenAI and Google found new child safety group
Tech.eu · Feb 2025
New ROOST initiative launches at Paris AI Summit and aims to secure AI with open source safety tools
Evening Standard · Feb 2025
Google and OpenAI back new online safety tools to combat child sexual abuse
The Independent · Feb 2025
Google and OpenAI back new online safety tools to combat child sexual abuse
Platformer · Feb 2025
An overdue idea for making the internet safer just got the funding it needs
Podcasts & interviews
Podcast · Jul 2026
Won't Fix
Episode 9: With Juliet Shen
ROOST's Head of Product joins Rob Leathern to talk open source trust & safety.
Panel · Jun 2026
VivaTech
Children, AI and Digital Safety: Who is Responsible?
Camille François on stage at VivaTech. Watch the replay.
Podcast · Feb 2026
Chaos Agents
Agentic Romance Scams, Open Source Safety & Anything Bad on the Internet
With Juliet Shen, ROOST's Head of Product.
Podcast · Jan 2026
Revolution Social
Open Source Safety Tools for Everyone
With ROOST President Camille François.
Podcast · Dec 2025
CLIMB by VSC
The Pig Butchering Scam: How AI Supercharges Every Attack Vector
With ROOST's Vinay Rao.
Broadcast · Feb 2025
France Inter
Interview on open source moderation
Camille François on open source moderation (in French).