Facebook is rolling out AI-based suicide prevention effort

Facebook is expanding its automated efforts to prevent suicide.
The company said on Monday it is now using artificial intelligence to identify posts, videos, and Facebook Live streams containing suicidal thoughts. It will also use the technology to prioritize the order its team reviews posts.
In March, Facebook began a limited test of AI-based suicide prevention efforts on text-only posts in the U.S.
Its latest effort will bring the automated flagging tools on text and video posts globally, exce