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Meta to alert parents if teenagers ask Instagram AI chatbot about suicide or self-harm
Meta says chats flagged by its AI will be manually reviewed before parents are alerted, with emergency services contact also under consideration.
- On Thursday, Meta launched a new safety feature alerting parents if their teen discusses suicide or self-harm with the Meta AI chatbot through Instagram Parental Supervision.
- Developed with mental-health experts, the system integrates with existing Instagram Parental Supervision tools to identify subtle self-harm references, building on over 19,000 previous global safety referrals.
- Meta also extended its 'Limited Content' setting to Meta AI, applying stricter filters that cause the chatbot to decline a broader range of potentially inappropriate queries.
- Notifications arrive via app, email, or text, with Meta planning to make these safety tools available globally by the end of the year.
- Fairplay executive director Josh Golin criticized the update, arguing it burdens caregivers with monitoring instead of "building a safe product to begin with," amid Meta's ongoing legal challenges regarding child safety.
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Meta to alert parents if their child discusses suicide with AI chatbot
Meta Platforms Inc. says it has launched new tools to alert Canadian parents and first responders when youths are at risk of suicide or self-harm, but at least one expert
·Toronto, Canada
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The company will notify parents using supervisory tools when their child refers to suicide or self-injury in a conversation with their IA agent.
·Paris, France
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Meta to alert parents if their teen discusses suicide with AI chatbot, emergency service feature also in works
Meta is introducing new safety features for teenagers using its AI chatbot on Instagram. Parents will now be alerted if a teen discusses suicide or self-harm, with more safeguards and emergency response tools also in development.
·Noida, India
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