SBIR Phase I: Safeguard Kids and Maintain Privacy

SBIR 第一阶段：保护儿童并维护隐私

• 批准号: 2321317
• 负责人: Achilles Escudero-Kontostathis
• 金额: $ 27.5万
• 依托单位: E-2 UNLIMITED TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-11-15 至 2024-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2321317&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Safeguard; Kids; Maintain

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I proposal is making online and digital interactions safer for children between the ages of 10 – 14 years of age by using artificial intelligence technology to monitor text communication and inform their parents of potential danger in real-time. Youth aged 10 – 14 years are particularly vulnerable to the risks of online activity since they are newcomers to the metaverse and they are likely getting a personal communication device for the first time. Parents want their kids to have the freedom and privacy to use their devices but fear the risks involved. This project will result in the development of a mobile app that monitors text communication in real-time and alerts parents if it detects potential danger (e.g., online predation, cyberbullying, and/or school violence) or risky behaviors (e.g., drug and alcohol use, and/or self-harm), so parents can intervene to protect their child. The app will provide an attractive alternative to existing products on the market because of its sophisticated artificial intelligence engine and because it does not collect and transfer all the phone’s data – the solution reduces the risk of data leaks while still keeping parents informed.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is advancing the state of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies by developing a detection algorithm that runs entirely on a mobile device and is tailored to the user’s activity. Unlike large language models, which are general and wide-ranging, and thus require a lot of computing at a central server, this technology will have a small footprint and be personalized and adapted for each family. Throughout this project, the team will collect and label textual communication directly from youth and use the data to improve the algorithm’s accuracy, as measured by precision and recall. The project team will also develop the technology to collect and process the data on popular models of cell phones and to alert the parent when needed. The project will result in the development of a mobile app that monitors text communication in real-time and alerts parents if it detects potential danger or risky behaviors, so they can act proactively to protect their children from harm.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段提案正在通过使用人工智能技术监控文本通信，并实时告知父母潜在的危险，使在线和数字互动更安全。 10至14岁的青年特别容易受到在线活动的风险，因为他们是元社的新手，并且很可能是第一次获得个人通信设备。父母希望他们的孩子拥有自由和隐私使用其设备，但要担心涉及的风险。该项目将导致一个移动应用程序的开发，该应用程序可以实时监视文本通信，并提醒父母是否发现潜在的危险（例如，在线准备，网络欺凌和/或学校暴力）或危险行为（例如，毒品和酒精使用，以及/或自我伤害），因此父母可以干预他们的孩子。 The app will provide an attractive alternative to existing products on the market because of its sophisticated artificial intelligence engine and because it does not collect and transfer all the phone’s data – the solution reduces the risk of data leaks while still keeping parents informed.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is advancing the state of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies by developing a detection algorithm that runs entirely on a mobile device and is tailored To the user’s activity.与大型语言模型不同，这些模型是通用和广泛的，因此需要在中央服务器上进行大量计算，该技术将具有较小的占地面积，并为每个家庭提供个性化和适应。通过该项目，团队将直接从青年那里收集和标记文本通信，并使用数据来提高算法的准确性，这是通过精确和召回来衡量的。项目团队还将开发技术，以收集和处理流行的手机模型数据，并在需要时提醒父母。该项目将导致一个移动应用程序的开发，该应用程序可以实时监视文本通信，并提醒父母是否发现潜在的危险或危险行为，因此他们可以主动采取行动以保护其子女免受伤害。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用该基金会的知识分子的智力和更广泛的影响来审查Criteria，并通过评估来评估。