Scientists have developed the first validated personality test for AI chatbots and found that popular models can adopt ...

About 1 in 8 adolescents and young adults in the U.S. are using AI chatbots for mental health advice, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study, ...

Chatbots are marketed as great companions, able to answer any question at any time. They’re not just tools, but confidants; they do your homework, write love notes, and, as one recent lawsuit against ...

The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded by Ballmer Group, a national organization focused on economic mobility for ...

When Ian Levy secured a $3.3 million federal grant last fall, he expected to have five years to train 30 new school counselors who would go on to work in high-need New Jersey school districts. By the ...

Brace yourselves, for your cozy little conversations with OpenAI’s ChatGPT are about to be stuffed with ads. At least, that’s the findings of a software engineer who dug through the code of an ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

What if your AI assistant could think, speak, and respond intelligently, all without ever needing an internet connection? Imagine asking it for advice, having it narrate text, or even engaging in a ...

Furthermore, most of the participants agreed that practicing with an AI-based chatbot helped them practice and apply new communication techniques in clinical interactions, improved their ...

PORTLAND – MaineHealth is using a $1.6 million donation to launch a new initiative geared toward addressing what the health care provider calls a crisis in youth mental health. MaineHealth announced ...