Facebook created an AI tool to prevent suicide
13 December 2017 | Written by La redazione
Facebook is scanning posts for suicidal ideation everywhere in the world — except Europe. But despite Facebook’s claims we’re too sensitive about privacy issues to accept site-wide scanning, there’s plenty in our data laws that would allow automated alerts to protect social media users here, too. Everywhere else but here, Facebook will use a pattern-recognition system to watch for troubling comments in users posts and videos, such as “are you ok?”, as indications someone may need mental-health help, passing their details onto emergency responders to intervene. “We are starting to roll out artificial intelligence outside the US to help identify when someone might be expressing thoughts of suicide, including on Facebook Live.
