When teens talk to Meta AI about suicide or self-harm, the conversation will trigger a parental notification, Meta said in a blog post Thursday.
The new policy expands on existing teen measures designed to inform parents about how their child is using Meta AI. Only parents using Instagram supervision controls will receive the notification. Eventually, caregivers using parental controls for other Meta apps will receive alerts as well.
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“We worked with parents and experts to understand which AI conversations warrant an alert — such as those where a teen makes a clear reference to hurting themselves, even if that reference is subtle,” Meta said.
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