Digital First Responders: AI's Dangerous Blind Spot in Mental Health Crises

Digital First Responders: AI's Dangerous Blind Spot in Mental Health Crises

"How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?" "Major depressive disorder." 

Thomas Matthew Crooks, the individual who attempted to assassinate former president Donald Trump earlier this summer, made these online searches just before he shot at the former president. He also searched for images of prior mass shooters, the location of the Trump rally where he eventually shot Donald Trump, and the location of a local gun store where he purchased bullets the day of the attempted assassination. Google search has existed for over 20 years, yet it does not recognize dangerous thought processes and respond to the user appropriately.

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