Medical University of South Carolina develops AI system to prevent youth suicides
A grant of more than one million dollars from The Duke Endowment aims to identify risks early using data obtained from school districts.
The Medical University of South Carolina has received a grant of more than one million dollars from The Duke Endowment to develop a new AI-powered system aimed at detecting early warning signs of youth suicide.
Grant Details and Purpose
The Medical University of South Carolina has earned more than one million dollars in funding support from The Duke Endowment to catch youth suicides earlier.
Working Principle of the AI System
The transferred funds will be utilized to build a new artificial intelligence system that will be used to flag at-risk students, and the system will analyze various data.
The infrastructure to be developed will make evaluations by examining patterns among factors such as history of depression, substance use, trauma history, and similar factors.
Data Source and Privacy Precautions
Authorities particularly emphasized that the data to feed the system will be sourced from various school districts across South Carolina.
Project officials underline that student privacy will always remain the highest priority.
Project Timeline
The design and nationwide phased rollout process of the new AI-based system aiming to prevent youth suicides will be completed within the next three years.