Google and Meta were found liable for the plaintiff’s social media addiction to Instagram and YouTube as a child. A conversation with Matthew Bergman, one of the plaintiff’s attorneys, on how the outcome sets precedent for lawsuits against AI chatbot companies.
Is a highly empathetic AI chatbot or a randomly assigned peer better at reducing loneliness? A conversation with researcher Ruo-Ning Li on what she found.
Conversation with Shums Alikhan, lead researcher of a new study on how young people are using AI for mental health support.
After her daughter died by suicide, journalist Laura Reiley discovered her ChatGPT chats. What responsibility do AI chatbot companies have to the people who use them?
How do AI chatbots respond to explicit and implicit mental health language indicating someone might be in crisis? To test this out, Stephanie Hepburn speaks with four models — ChatGPT, Claude, Character.AI and Gemini. Transcript ChatGPT Voice: I'm really sorry to hear that you're feeling this way. Please know that you're not
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