Meta will alert parents to teens’ self-harm chats with its AI
Meta will start telling parents when a teenager discusses suicide or self-harm with its Meta AI chatbot. The company set out the change in a blog post on Thursday.
The alerts go to parents who use Instagram supervision tools. They are live now in the US, UK, Australia and Canada, TechCrunch reported. They will reach the rest of the world by the end of the year.
How the alerts work
Meta says it built a dedicated AI system for this. It spots chats where a teen makes a clear reference to hurting themselves. A person reviews every flagged chat before an alert goes out. If the intent is unclear, Meta says it will err on the side of caution and still notify the parent.
The alert will not include the exact message, CNET reported. Instead, parents get a notification plus expert-written tips on how to raise the subject....
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