OpenAI Launches European Youth Safety Blueprint and EMEA Grant Recipients
On May 7, 2026, OpenAI unveiled its European Youth Safety Blueprint alongside the announcement of the inaugural 12 beneficiaries of its €500,000 EMEA Youth & Wellbeing Grant. The Blueprint outlines five key areas for policymakers: implementing responsible AI in educational settings, ensuring age-appropriate experiences with built-in safeguards, establishing safety measures for individuals under 18, providing defenses against deceptive AI outputs, and creating standardized parental control guidelines. The grant recipients are: Centre for Information Policy Leadership, East Europe Foundation (UA), e-Enfance (FR), FSM (DE), Luma (KE), Mental Health Innovations (UK), OPEN (FR), Open Source Association (JO), Parent Zone (UK), Teen Turn (IE), Telefono Azzurro (IT), and UNICRI Centre for AI and Robotics. OpenAI also collaborates with various organizations to enhance youth safety initiatives.
Key facts
- OpenAI published a European Youth Safety Blueprint with five pillars.
- 12 recipients of the €500,000 EMEA Youth & Wellbeing Grant were announced.
- Grant recipients include Centre for Information Policy Leadership, East Europe Foundation, e-Enfance, FSM, Luma, Mental Health Innovations, OPEN, Open Source Association, Parent Zone, Teen Turn, Telefono Azzurro, and UNICRI Centre for AI and Robotics.
- The Blueprint covers responsible AI in education, age assurance, under-18 safety policies, protections against manipulative AI, and parental controls.
- OpenAI collaborates with Estonia's University of Tartu on AI learning outcomes research.
- OpenAI is a founding member of the Beneficial AI for Children coalition.
- The announcement was made on May 7, 2026.
Entities
Institutions
- OpenAI
- Centre for Information Policy Leadership
- East Europe Foundation
- e-Enfance
- FSM
- Luma
- Mental Health Innovations
- OPEN
- Open Source Association
- Parent Zone
- Teen Turn
- Telefono Azzurro
- UNICRI Centre for AI and Robotics
- University of Tartu
- Beneficial AI for Children coalition
- Expert Council on Well-Being and AI
- Global Physician Network
Locations
- Europe
- Middle East
- Africa
- Ukraine
- France
- Germany
- Kenya
- United Kingdom
- Jordan
- Ireland
- Italy
- Estonia