POLITICO Tech Why gun safety groups are turning to AI
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Feb 3, 2025 Nick Suplina, Senior Vice President of Law and Policy at Everytown for Gun Safety, discusses how the organization is harnessing AI to advocate for gun violence prevention. He shares insights about their innovative chatbot, "Ask Everytown," designed to provide factual answers about gun violence and combat misinformation. Suplina highlights the chatbot's potential to shift entrenched views and enhance public discourse on gun laws, all while navigating biases and ethical concerns in a highly polarized environment.
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Everytown Labs' Origin
- Everytown Labs was inspired by AI's potential to tackle complex problems.
- Nick Suplina believes AI can address gun violence, the leading cause of death for children and teens.
Ask Everytown's Reliability
- Ask Everytown chatbot offers reliable answers about gun violence, unlike other chatbots that often get it wrong.
- It's built on Everytown's data and aims to expand, providing insights beyond simple answers.
First GPT-3 Query
- Nick Suplina's first question to GPT-3 was about gun violence prevention.
- The answer was surprisingly good, closely mirroring Everytown's own materials.