A version of this essay first appeared on the website of the U.S. PIRG Education Fund. With the rise of ChatGPT and social media companies like Snapchat and Instagram integrating AI chatbots into ...

Dartmouth College is developing a new student-facing AI-powered chatbot to improve mental health and thriving on campus. A team of 130 undergraduate researchers are helping faculty develop the app, ...

People experiencing emotional distress, suicidal thoughts, and self-harm are increasingly turning to AI chatbots for help ...

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Choudhury is the Roger and Joelle Burnell professor in integrated health and technology and the director of the health tech program at Cornell Tech. Adler is a postdoctoral associate at Cornell Tech ...

Millions of Americans now converse with AI chatbots each day. We are talking with machines about travel plans, politics, and in some cases — our most intimate thoughts. To investigate how these ...

Research shows media coverage of AI chatbot use and mental health focuses on instances of user psychosis and suicide.

How are people using AI for therapy? A growing number are sharing their anxieties, frustrations, and darkest thoughts with AI chatbots, seeking advice, comfort, and validation from a sympathetic ...

Here are five reasons you might wonder if turning to a chatbot should replace your therapist, alongside important ...

OpenAI is reducing undesirable behavior in its chatbot. It saw a 65% reduction in unsatisfactory responses. The updates aim not to encourage users in crisis. After calls to publicly demonstrate how ...