The Texas Attorney General is investigating Meta and Character.AI over claims the companies misled children with AI therapy ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a Monday press release that his office has begun an investigation into two tech ...

Artificial intelligence chatbots are increasingly used for everything from entertaining conversations to emotional support.

Meta’s AI Studio and Character.AI have been accused of presenting AI chatbots as real mental health care providers. All you ...

In a jarring new analysis, psychiatric researchers found that a wide swath of mental health issues have been anecdotally ...

And therein lies the problem with AI therapy bots, according to Clark. He said he found companion bots problematic because they’re designed to please the user. So they agree with everything you say.

Meta seems to have recently adjusted its sharing flow — or at least somewhat cleaned up Meta.ai ’s Discovery page — but the public posts are still strange and frequently disturbing.

The bill HB 1806 known as the “Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act,” would make it illegal for anyone to provide therapy via AI systems unless supervised by a licensed ...

July 14 (UPI) --A recent study by Stanford University offers a warning that therapy chatbots could pose a substantial safety risk to users suffering from mental health issues. The Stanford ...

Search “mental health chatbot” or “AI therapy” in the app store, and you’ll find numerous apps leveraging artificial intelligence to provide a “mental health ally” or a “pocket ...