There is growing concern about AI chatbots and mental health, as more and more reports are made of people spiraling into ...
Has anyone else lost their want to date real men after using AI?” one Reddit user posted a few months ago. Below came 74 ...
As chatbots powered by artificial intelligence explode in popularity, experts are warning people against turning to the technology for medical or mental health advice instead of relying upon human ...
Chatbots may worsen delusions in people by reinforcing false beliefs, psychiatrists warn. Mental health experts document ...
A married woman admitted in a January 2025 'New York Times' interview that she had fallen in love with a chatbot. The outlet ...
The Wall Street Journal reports that there is a trend of gurus creating chatbots that replicate their style and voice, ...
As I finish writing this at the start of Suicide Prevention Month, I know my colleagues are answering hotline calls even though it’s a holiday morning, and I find it hard to see the upsides of using a ...
OpenAI's latest report states that 40 million people use ChatGPT for health-related questions every day. Should we be worried ...
When middle schoolers chatted with ELIZA, a 1960s chatbot, they uncovered how AI really works (and doesn’t). Along the way, ...
Chad Sussex, an assistant principal at Winterset High School in Iowa, felt “blown away” when he read a news story—passed along by a teacher at his school—about a teenager who died by suicide after ...
Self-help gurus like Matthew Hussey and Gabby Bernstein have expanded their empires with AI chatbots promising personalized ...
Chatbots can sound reassuring and comforting. They're designed to. But they aren't trained to be a mental health provider. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and ...