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 ...

In November, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a Digital Health Advisory Committee meeting where it considered treating artificial intelligence mental health chatbots as medical devices. As ...

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 ...

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Suzi Sanford sat at a desk in a cozy nook of her bedroom and let her feelings flow out her fingertips. She typed back and forth, in "conversation" with Claude — the generative artificial intelligence ...

Mario covers technology in health care, including FDA regulation of artificial intelligence; how Medicare pays for health tech; the use of AI in clinical care; mental health chatbots; and consumer ...

People are reporting psychotic breaks after chatting with A.I. bots. Experts say companies must build guardrails to protect mental health. Users say human-like A.I. chatbots can worsen delusions and ...

As chatbots like ChatGPT and Character.AI face scrutiny, companies and lawmakers push for stronger mental health protections and age rules. Thuyen Ngo/Unsplash Psychosis, mania and depression are ...

Dr. McBain studies policies and technologies that serve vulnerable populations. On any given night, countless teenagers confide in artificial intelligence chatbots — sharing their loneliness, anxiety ...

It wasn't until a couple of years ago that Keri Rodrigues began to worry about how her kids might be using chatbots. She learned her youngest son was interacting with the chatbot in his Bible app — he ...