Prince Harry meets, funds youth groups advocating for social media and AI safety

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, walked into the sunlight-lit hotel conference room in Brooklyn on Thursday to meet with a dozen youth leaders working in tech safety, policy, and innovation. The young adults chatted away at black circular tables, many unaware of his presence until he plopped down at a table and started talking with them. After making his way through various tables in the room, he took the stage to talk about the hopes and harms of this era of technological progress. “Thank God you guys exist, thank God you guys are here,” he said. He spoke about tech platforms having become more powerful than governments; that these social media spaces were created based on community, yet said there has been “no responsibility to ensure the safety of those online communities.” At one point, he said that there were people in power only incentivized by pure profit, rather than safety and well-being. “You have the knowledge and the skillset and the confidence and the bravery and the cour ... Read full article.