Transparency Coalition Action Fund
TCAF turns principles into policy
The Transparency Coalition Action Fund (TCAF) supports direct lobbying to protect kids and drive policy change.
The Action Fund helps Coalition leaders meet directly with state lawmakers and members of Congress. We’re on the ground in legislative hearings, in Capitol hallways, and in lawmakers’ offices.
We’re the voice of kids and parents, championing their safety and well-being in the face of a billion-dollar tech lobby aimed at erasing accountability for untested, addictive, and harmful products.
Click here to meet our TCAF Board of Directors.
Transparency Coalition CEO Rob Eleveld (left) and Senior Technical and Policy Advisor Adam Cappio (right) meet with New York State Assemblymember Alex Bores, co-author of the Responsible Artificial Intelligence Safety and Education (RAISE) Act.
turning concerns into sensible safeguards
The rollout of AI products is happening at breakneck speed without adequate testing, oversight, or safeguards. It can seem overwhelming.
AI chatbots are not magical machines. They are designed by real people working for tech companies whose leaders are too often motivated by massive profits to ignore or downplay safety risks.
Commonsense safeguards, written into law, have proven to be the most effective tools to incentivize the design of safer products. We enjoy the benefits of these laws every day in the pharmaceuticals, automobiles, appliances, cosmetics, and food products that improve our lives.
Our Transparency Coalition experts know how AI systems are built. We speak the technical language. We’re also parents who share your concerns about our kids using unsafe AI products. And we’re bringing solutions to lawmakers in state capitols across the country.
“You are not alone. Your concerns are shared by millions of parents and a growing number of lawmakers.”
Rob Eleveld, Transparency Coalition CEO
Here's where policymakers should start
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1. Require AI safety protections for kids and teens
Some products are fine for adults but not for kids.
Simple safety features protect millions of kids every day. Think of child-resistant pill bottles, vehicle safety seats, and movie ratings.
AI developers and deployers should be required to:
* Include parental control tools in AI products
* Verify the age of an AI chatbot user, and engage specific protections for minors
* Be prohibited from using manipulative engagement (addictive) mechanics or design with users under 18
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2. Clearly label AI chatbots, images, and videos
Everyone should have the right to know when they’re seeing or hearing AI-generated content.
Disclose, label, and notify consumers when an image, video, sound, or text has been created or modified by AI.
Embed that information in all AI-generated material.
Remind chatbots users that they are engaged with a bot, not a human.
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3. Hold companies accountable for harmful ai products
AI models and AI products are not magical entities.
They’re designed and manufactured just like other products.
Tech companies should be held to the same standards of accountability as other manufacturers. Nobody gets a free pass to sell products that harm the public.
Our accountability laws have built consumer trust in automobiles, pharmaceuticals, airplanes, toys, and countless consumer goods.
Those same laws give companies the assurance they need to invest, innnovate, and thrive.
success stories
Our work gets results. In the past two years we’ve worked with lawmakers in California, Texas, New York, New Mexico, Washington, and other states to enact laws that protect kids and families, encourage innovation and transparency, and hold AI companies accountable for their products.
Here are a few examples of the bills we had a hand in passing:
Support direct action
Your contribution to the Transparency Coalition Action Fund turns your AI concerns into real progress. Email us to learn how you can give to the Action Fund.
Your donation puts our experts’ feet on the ground in state capitol buildings. We aren’t into performative virtue or social media blasts. We meet with lawmakers one-on-one to bring home the real dangers of AI—and the real opportunities for Americans, and American tech companies, to thrive in an environment where sensible safeguards balance innovation and the health and well-being of our kids.
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