Jack Worthy, a Manhattan-based therapist, had started using ChatGPT daily to find dinner recipes and help prepare research. Around a year ago, at a stressful time in his family life, he decided to ...

Artificial intelligence therapy is here. For now, it still probably strikes most people as a little weird to talk to a chatbot about your most private fears or let an algorithm offer comfort when ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine a newly emerging form of group ...

In the absence of stronger federal regulation, some states have begun regulating apps that offer AI “therapy” as more people turn to artificial intelligence for mental health advice. But the laws, all ...

The evidence-backed model delivered impressive results, but it doesn’t validate the wave of AI therapy bots flooding the market. The first clinical trial of a therapy bot that uses generative AI ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Wes Kilgore covers the intersection of media and well-being. Update, Aug. 5, 2025: This story was edited to include information ...

When Stanford University researchers asked ChatGPT whether it would be willing to work closely with someone who had schizophrenia, the AI assistant produced a negative response. When they presented it ...

A national crisis is unfolding in plain sight. Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission received a formal complaint about artificial intelligence therapist bots posing as licensed ...

Viki tried talk therapy with a couple of therapists to process past trauma. But after about a year, she didn’t feel like it was going anywhere and hadn’t built up a rapport with either therapist.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A growing number of people are turning to AI for therapy not because it’s now smarter than humans, but because too ...

I’ll admit something personal: I’ve talked to an AI therapist. It was remarkably useful, meeting me in tough moments whenever with words that actually helped me take a step back, breathe, and process.