Search Search Facebook using artificial intelligence to help suicidal users The AI tool would send concerning posts to a human review team, which would get in touch with the user / Getty The company has developed algorithms designed to flag up warning signs 6169789578 Click to follow The Independent Tech Facebook has started using artificial intelligence to identify users who are potentially at risk of taking their own lives.
 The social network has developed algorithms capable of scanning posts and comments for warning signs.
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” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg described plans to use AI to identify worrying content in a recently published manifesto.
 “Looking ahead, one of our greatest opportunities to keep people safe is building artificial intelligence to understand more quickly and accurately what is happening across our community,” it read.
 An earlier version of the piece said that it would take “many years to develop” AI systems capable of identifying issues such as bullying and terrorism risks online, but the section was removed before the manifesto was publicly issued.