Pinterest uses AI to reduce self-harm content by 88% over the past year

Pinterest announced on World Mental Health Day that it's reduced self-harm content by 88 percent over the past year using AI. In a blog post titled Getting better at helping people feel better, the social media platform says it's using machine learning techniques to identify content which displays, encourages, or rationalises self-harm. Anxiety and depression are at all-time highs while many countries are failing to properly fund mental health services. In the UK, someone commits suicide every 90 minutes. Experts believe social media plays a large part in the record levels of anxiety and depression.