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Meta Adjusts AI Safeguards Over Teen Safety Concerns

Meta TweaksAdjusts AI Safeguards Over Teens'Teen Safety Concerns

Meta Adjusts AI Safeguards Over Teen Safety Concerns
Above: A photo illustration showing the Meta AI logo on a smartphone in Athens, Greece, on July 24, 2025. Image copyright: Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto/Getty Images

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Sophisticated algorithms can detect suicide risk with 95% accuracy, recognizing subtle warning signs that human professionals may miss — monitoring social media warning signs, analyzing conversation patterns and identifying distress before a crisis strikes. When wielded responsibly with human oversight, AI can actually become a key lifeline. The benefits of this technology also need to be highlighted.

Metaculus Prediction

There is an 80% chance that, before 2032, we will see an event precipitated by AI malfunction that causes at least 100 deaths and/or at least $1 billion (2021 US dollars) in economic damage, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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