Meta AI to alert parents when teens discuss self-harm

Meta will let parents receive alerts when their teens discuss suicide or self-harm with Meta AI on Instagram, Facebook, or Meta Horizons. Parents must opt into Meta's supervision tools and select which family accounts to supervise. The guardrail arrives amid mounting regulatory scrutiny over AI chatbot safety for minors. Early evidence suggests monitoring can catch harmful conversations, though deployment at scale raises questions about privacy and data retention.

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