OpenAI commits $2 million (approximately 2.67 billion won) to children's AI research

OpenAI pledged $2 million to a scientific research network under the Coalition for the Rights and Protection of Children in the AI Era to develop shared tools for measuring the risks and opportunities of AI for children. The commitment was announced on the 12th alongside OpenAI's signing of the "Safer AI Participation Charter for Children" at the Paris Peace Forum, though the company did not disclose whether the funds have actually been disbursed. The Paris Peace Forum said separately on the 10th that total research and tool-development commitments from AI developers and safety organizations reached €8 million, a figure spanning multiple participants and not directly comparable to OpenAI's $2 million pledge. The charter, published by the French presidency, lists OpenAI among its signatories. The funding matters as an early marker of how AI labs are backing child-safety research, and what to watch next is whether the pledged sums translate into disbursed grants and concrete measurement tools.