Meta Adds Support and Parental Notification for AI Chats About Self-Harm

If you feel like you or someone you know is in immediate danger, you should call 911 (or your country's local emergency line) or go to an emergency room to get immediate help. Explain that it is a psychiatric emergency and ask for someone who is trained for these kinds of situations.

Amid growing industry scrutiny over how tech companies build safeguards for their youngest and most vulnerable users, Meta is introducing new safety-oriented features to its AI chatbot on Thursday. The guardrails are geared particularly toward providing support and parental notification for youth exhibiting signs of self-harm or suicidal intentions.

As part of Meta's supervision tools for parents, adults must opt in and select which Instagram, Facebook and Meta Horizons accounts they want to supervise, with instructions detailed on Meta's family center page. The settings are available now in the US, Canada, UK and Australia.

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