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Title: Facebook turns to artificial intelligence to help prevent suicides Post by: HCK on March 04, 2017, 04:05:14 pm Facebook turns to artificial intelligence to help prevent suicides
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Facebook is using a combination of pattern recognition, live chat support from crisis support organizations and other tools to prevent suicide, with a focus on its Live service.</p><p> There is one death by suicide every 40 seconds and over 800,000 people kill themselves every year (http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/suicideprevent/en/), according to the World Health Organization. “Facebook is in a unique position—through friendships on the site—to help connect a person in distress with people who can support them,” the company said Wednesday. (http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/03/building-a-safer-community-with-new-suicide-prevention-tools/)</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3175723/internet/facebook-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-help-prevent-suicides.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Facebook turns to artificial intelligence to help prevent suicides (http://www.macworld.com/article/3175723/internet/facebook-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-help-prevent-suicides.html#tk.rss_all) |