Meta will alert parents if teens discuss suicide or self-harm with AI

Meta has introduced a new feature that will notify parents if a supervised teen’s conversation with Meta AI indicates possible suicide or self-harm. The feature is available to parents in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada who use Instagram’s parental supervision tools, and the company plans to expand it globally by the end of the year. Separately, the company is developing a system to alert emergency services if conversations with Meta AI suggest an individual faces an