FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Feb. 12, 2026
Contact: Ashwin Verghese, Communications Director, [email protected], 508-263-0289
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Below is a joint statement from Encode AI and Fairplay:
“We are glad to see that OpenAI has decided not to go through with the ill-conceived ballot initiative. A broad coalition of civil society organizations and parents stood ready to oppose that initiative and will do the same should OpenAI try to introduce legislation mirroring their ballot initiative. We cannot have industry writing its own rules when it comes to protecting kids.”